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Rippel Field

Rippel Field from directly overhead

Rippel Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiker Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
29 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71982, -74.19237

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hiker Park: 0.1 mi
  • Badger Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hunterdon Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jesse Allen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mildred Helms Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • FlyNYON: 4.4 mi
  • Big Cat Country: 5.6 mi
  • Birds of Prey: 5.6 mi
  • Australian Outback: 5.6 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 5.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Picnic sites: 42
  • The Park: 2.3 mi
  • Freedom Field: 7.2 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 7.8 mi
  • The Backyard: 9.3 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Hemlock Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Seele: 11.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Hawk Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Palisades: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 9.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Rippel Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainWNW 300°295.7 m18.1 mi
Sheep HillNW 321°276 m17.8 mi
TourneNW 316°273 m18.5 mi
High MountainN 359°268 m17.3 mi
Turkey MountainNNW 329°268 m18.4 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 332°263 m17.9 mi
Beech MountainN 356°260 m18.0 mi
Mount CecchinoN 359°230 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

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, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel831 obs
  • House Sparrow652 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat612 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow587 obs
  • Ovenbird533 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly403 obs
  • staghorn sumac315 obs
  • American Robin300 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357727924

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