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Muriel Hepner Park

Muriel Hepner Park from directly overhead

Muriel Hepner Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 157 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Denville Community Gardens, a garden 0.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
157 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90621, -74.46765

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Denville Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • BHS Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 6.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Susan Skovronek: 1.4 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Denville's Beacon: 2.0 mi
  • Boonton Iron Works Blast Furnace Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • September 11th, 2001 Memorial: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Cliffs: 57
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.0 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 13.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Patriotic Tank: 5.2 mi
  • Bear Rock: 5.5 mi
  • "Limestone" Quarry: 5.5 mi
  • Tripod Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Whale Head Rock: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 48
Picnic sites: 21
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boonton Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 11.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 13.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Muriel Hepner Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 325°425 m9.7 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 329°420 m8.2 mi
Green Pond MountainNW 317°393 m5.8 mi
Buck MountainNNE 29°378 m12.1 mi
Copperas MountainN 1°373 m7.6 mi
Mount ArlingtonW 275°371 m8.4 mi
Mount PaulNNW 338°368 m10.1 mi
Kanouse MountainNNE 14°361 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 4 mi away.

  • striped wintergreen103 obs
  • American wintergreen82 obs
  • partridgeberry74 obs
  • eastern white pine44 obs
  • winged euonymus32 obs
  • American beech31 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage29 obs
  • Ghost Pipe27 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357741709

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