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Peach Orchard Park

Peach Orchard Park from directly overhead

Peach Orchard Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Marks Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.64676, -74.24065
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 0.6 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 3.3 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 4.4 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.7 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
  • Nook Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Todt Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Park Hill: 8.7 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 2.3 mi
  • The Park: 5.4 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Seele: 8.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Peach Orchard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 317°295.7 m19.2 mi
Union HillNW 315°277 m20.6 mi
Sheep HillNNW 335°276 m20.7 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 311°274 m20.2 mi
TourneNNW 331°273 m21.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 344°263 m21.6 mi
Mine MountainWNW 285°251 m19.8 mi
Blueberry RidgeWNW 303°243 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel33 obs
  • ribwort plantain30 obs
  • ground-ivy26 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly26 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • red deadnettle21 obs
  • American Robin20 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/39681696

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