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Oak Lane Park

Oak Lane Park from directly overhead

Oak Lane Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Rumana Road Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates40.94337, -74.22879

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks
Beaches
  • East Beach: 1.2 mi
  • West Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 1.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 1.7 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 2.4 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 5.3 mi
  • Thor: 5.5 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.6 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 5.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Otter Hole: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Oak Lane Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 321°378 m10.3 mi
Kanouse MountainNW 304°361 m12.1 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 326°360 m10.4 mi
Bald MountainN 7°351 m12.3 mi
Carris HillNW 325°341 m9.2 mi
Saddle MountainNNW 328°341 m10.9 mi
High MountainN 358°337 m10.0 mi
Fugawe RidgeW 281°335 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander51 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • American Robin29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
  • wineberry20 obs
  • garlic mustard17 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/554591770

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