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Prospect Park

Prospect Park from directly overhead

Prospect Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 111 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
111 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.94439, -74.17117

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Speert Green: 1.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • 8 Acre Woods: 0.6 mi
  • East Main and First Triangle: 1.1 mi
  • Wrigley Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wrigley Park: 1.5 mi
  • River Street Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
  • American Flag Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 3.7 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 4.1 mi
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Thor: 5.8 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.9 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 5.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 6.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 56
  • East Beach: 4.2 mi
  • West Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.8 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 14.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Prospect Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 310°378 m12.4 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 314°360 m12.3 mi
Bald MountainN 353°351 m12.3 mi
Carris HillNW 312°341 m11.2 mi
Saddle MountainNW 316°341 m12.8 mi
High MountainNNW 342°337 m10.5 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 312°335 m13.0 mi
Fugawe RidgeW 278°335 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider175 obs
  • Canada Goose42 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander38 obs
  • Painted Turtle37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel37 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • American Robin28 obs
  • White-tailed Deer28 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/357742167

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