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Orange Place Park

Orange Place Park from directly overhead

Orange Place Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Charney Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

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Coordinates40.93877, -74.26335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charney Park: 0.4 mi
  • Peninsula West: 0.6 mi
  • Peninsula Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lakeside East: 0.7 mi
  • Roe Field Park: 0.7 mi
Beaches
  • West Beach: 0.4 mi
  • East Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Two Sisters Wetland Preserve Property: 1.6 mi
  • Franklin Swamp: 3.9 mi
  • Mountainside Park: 4.0 mi
  • Camp Dawson: 4.3 mi
  • Beacon Hill Bird Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Speert Green: 3.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 2.0 mi
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.2 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 3.3 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Pompton Furnace: 3.9 mi
  • Pompton Lakes Police Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Riverdale September 11th Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • McDavitt's Point: 4.3 mi
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 5.5 mi
  • Thor: 5.9 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 6.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 8.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Orange Place Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNNW 330°378 m9.6 mi
Copperas MountainWNW 297°373 m11.8 mi
Kanouse MountainNW 311°361 m10.9 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNNW 336°360 m9.8 mi
Cobb HillWNW 288°358 m10.9 mi
West Brook MountainNNW 337°347 m12.0 mi
Carris HillNNW 336°341 m8.6 mi
Saddle MountainNNW 337°341 m10.4 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
  • Large Yellow Underwing51 obs
  • Small Phigalia Moth46 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • House Centipede39 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly38 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail35 obs
  • Pale Green Assassin Bug26 obs
  • Half-wing Moth25 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/550475864

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