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Original Overpeck County Park

Original Overpeck County Park from directly overhead

Original Overpeck County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bergen County 911 Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86677, -73.99403

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bergen County 911 Monument: 0.1 mi
  • September 11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Magazine: 2.0 mi
  • Battery 4: 2.0 mi
  • Battery 2: 2.0 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Bonnefont Cloister: 3.2 mi
  • Cuxa Cloister: 3.2 mi
  • Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 3.3 mi
  • The Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 43
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Loch: 5.3 mi
  • The Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Original Overpeck County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 304°268 m12.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 304°260 m14.0 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 303°230 m12.7 mi
Campgaw MountainNW 321°224 m16.9 mi
LeGrande HillNW 310°219 m17.8 mi
Hook MountainNNE 13°214 m18.0 mi
Mount NeboNNE 16°208 m13.1 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 303°185 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 3 mi away.

  • common milkweed222 obs
  • black-eyed Susan215 obs
  • White-tailed Deer187 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage183 obs
  • white snakeroot183 obs
  • Mallard182 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood170 obs
  • black cherry163 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/357732981

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