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Passaic River County Park

Passaic River County Park from directly overhead

Passaic River County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenhurst Meadows, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
66 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.66260, -74.49543
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Old Mill Ruins: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Drake Farm Barn (#5b): 5.1 mi
  • Drake Farm House (#5a): 5.1 mi
Museums
  • The Farmstead Arts Center: 1.8 mi
  • The Mahan Collection: 2.9 mi
  • Littel-Lord Farmstead: 3.6 mi
  • Drake House Museum: 4.8 mi
  • New Providence Historical Society: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Shakespeare Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Butterrfly Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Abby Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 49
Beaches: 31
  • Flamingo: 13.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Island Beach: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Primrose Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 20.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 20.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 20.3 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Passaic River County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainN 353°393 m21.2 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNW 338°371 m18.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNW 307°364 m19.4 mi
Mase MountainNNW 347°359 m20.7 mi
Lookout MountainNNW 337°355 m21.4 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNW 340°344 m19.3 mi
Mount FreedomNNW 341°341 m13.0 mi
Fugawe RidgeN 10°335 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5220:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • multiflora rose124 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle112 obs
  • common mugwort108 obs
  • eastern poison ivy99 obs
  • Green Frog94 obs
  • garlic mustard82 obs
  • eastern redcedar76 obs
  • Asian bittersweet67 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 node/357736490

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