Pequannock River Park
Pequannock River Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnsdale Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 49 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.3 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnsdale Park: 0.3 mi
- Fayette Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Willow Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Elm Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Fire House #2 Park: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Middle School Garden: 4.5 mi
- Speert Green: 4.6 mi
- West Caldwell Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- West Caldwell Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Willowbrook Mini Golf: 1.5 mi
- T-Bowl Lanes: 4.2 mi
- Franklin Clove: 5.5 mi
- American Flag Rock: 5.8 mi
- "Limestone" Quarry: 6.0 mi
- Packanack Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Toms Point: 2.6 mi
- Towackhow Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Eifall: 4.2 mi
- Garret Mountain: 4.8 mi
- West Beach: 2.2 mi
- East Beach: 2.4 mi
- Lionshead Lake Beach: 4.8 mi
- Pines Lake West Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sunny Ridge Beach: 6.3 mi
- WWII Memorial: 3.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Little Falls Fire Department: 3.0 mi
- James J. Nash: 3.0 mi
- The Morris Canal/Time Capsule: 3.0 mi
- Elk Statue: 3.4 mi
- Bride and Bull sculpture: 4.0 mi
- Alexander Hamilton: 4.7 mi
- Mustang: 4.8 mi
- The Dublin Spring Water Boy: 5.0 mi
- Two Sisters Wetland Preserve Property: 3.6 mi
- Hilltop Reservation: 4.3 mi
- Camp Dawson: 4.5 mi
- Mills Reservation: 4.9 mi
- The Glen: 5.4 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Thor: 4.4 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 4.4 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 4.5 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Pequannock Township Museum: 4.4 mi
- Pietro and Maria Botto House;American Labor Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Yogi Berra Museum: 4.8 mi
- Paterson Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hamilton House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Lafayette Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Dog Run Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 7.0 mi
- Great Falls: 4.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 5.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.7 mi
- Boonton Falls: 7.7 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 10.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 6.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.1 mi
- New City Village: 10.1 mi
- Monksville: 15.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 10.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Pequannock River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | NNW 337° | 378 m | 11.4 mi |
| Copperas Mountain | NW 307° | 373 m | 12.6 mi |
| Kanouse Mountain | NW 320° | 361 m | 12.2 mi |
| Assiniwikam Mountain | NNW 342° | 360 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cobb Hill | WNW 299° | 358 m | 11.5 mi |
| Carris Hill | NNW 343° | 341 m | 10.6 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NNW 343° | 341 m | 12.3 mi |
| High Mountain | N 8° | 337 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caldwell Essex CO AP, 2 mi away.
- Large Yellow Underwing52 obs
- Small Phigalia Moth46 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
- White-tailed Deer37 obs
- House Centipede36 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail33 obs
- Pale Green Assassin Bug26 obs
- Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog26 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357742263
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