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Petruska Park

Petruska Park from directly overhead

Petruska Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Constitution Grove Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.95128, -74.05890

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Constitution Grove Park: 0.3 mi
  • Paramus' Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oradell Swim Club: 0.6 mi
  • Doug Parcells Athletic Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Reid Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Hiram Bauvelt Wildlife Art Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Paramus Historic Museum: 1.8 mi
  • School House Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Historic New Bridge Landing: 3.0 mi
  • Cadmus House Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Leonia Library Reading Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Speert Green: 7.3 mi
  • Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 7.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches
Cliffs
  • The Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Thor: 9.7 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Area B: 2.0 mi
  • Area C: 2.1 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Great Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.9 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • The Loch: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 18.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Petruska Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNW 328°351 m13.8 mi
Ramapo TorneNNW 339°341 m14.9 mi
High MountainNW 316°337 m13.2 mi
North CapeNW 324°332 m14.2 mi
Herman HillNNW 326°328 m13.6 mi
Drag HillNW 322°323 m12.8 mi
Rocky MountainNW 320°322 m12.7 mi
Twin HillNW 314°304 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:32
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed109 obs
  • American burnweed79 obs
  • white clover74 obs
  • Canada Goose70 obs
  • white snakeroot68 obs
  • common dandelion62 obs
  • common mugwort57 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug54 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/39647667

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