Phelps Park
Phelps Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Twin Hill stands 304 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Northpointe Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Northpointe Park: 0.2 mi
- Johnson Park: 0.4 mi
- Sagamore Park: 0.6 mi
- Fairmount Park: 0.7 mi
- Anderson Park: 0.8 mi
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science: 1.1 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 1.2 mi
- Maywood Station Museum: 2.0 mi
- Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey: 3.3 mi
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 3.6 mi
- USS Ling: 1.3 mi
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive: 2.0 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 2.3 mi
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 3.8 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 6.5 mi
- Leonia Library Reading Garden: 3.1 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 5.4 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 5.4 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 5.4 mi
- Trie Cloister: 5.5 mi
- Obra1: 3.2 mi
- Saint Mother Teresa: 3.6 mi
- Columnade: 5.5 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 5.6 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 5.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.5 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 4.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.6 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.8 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.4 mi
- The Palisades: 6.7 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- North Road Park: 6.9 mi
- Beechwood Park: 7.1 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 7.5 mi
- Long Hill: 5.4 mi
- Inwood Hill: 5.5 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 5.5 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 5.8 mi
- Area B: 5.2 mi
- Area C: 5.3 mi
- The Backyard: 5.8 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 6.4 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.7 mi
- The Loch: 7.8 mi
- Great Falls: 8.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.4 mi
- The Falls: 9.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- New City Village: 20.9 mi
- Monksville: 21.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 8.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Phelps Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Hill | NW 320° | 304 m | 16.1 mi |
| Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain | NNW 332° | 282 m | 16.4 mi |
| Matty Price Hill | NW 323° | 279 m | 15.8 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NW 316° | 278 m | 15.8 mi |
| High Mountain | WNW 300° | 268 m | 10.3 mi |
| Monroe Ridge | NNW 326° | 262 m | 16.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 300° | 260 m | 11.4 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 329° | 248 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,289 obs
- Northern Cardinal934 obs
- American Robin857 obs
- Mourning Dove394 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco389 obs
- White-tailed Deer353 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee352 obs
- Eastern Cottontail329 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 way/39647454
Day trips start here
- Hackensack · 1 mi
- Teaneck · 1 mi
- River Edge · 2 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
- Paramus · 4 mi
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