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Roe Field Park

Roe Field Park from directly overhead

Roe Field Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Orange Place Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates40.94175, -74.27615

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orange Place Park: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Panther Park: 0.7 mi
  • Boulevard Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wayne Area Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Lake: 1.1 mi
Beaches
  • West Beach: 1.1 mi
  • East Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Two Sisters Wetland Preserve Property: 1.2 mi
  • Mountainside Park: 3.4 mi
  • Camp Dawson: 3.6 mi
  • Beacon Hill Bird Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
  • Franklin Swamp: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Speert Green: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 2.3 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 3.6 mi
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.7 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Riverdale September 11th Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Riverdale Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Pompton Furnace: 3.6 mi
  • Pompton Lakes Police Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • McDavitt's Point: 3.9 mi
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 5.7 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 6.0 mi
  • Thor: 6.4 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 6.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Roe Field Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNNW 333°378 m9.1 mi
Copperas MountainWNW 298°373 m11.1 mi
Kanouse MountainNW 312°361 m10.3 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNNW 339°360 m9.3 mi
Cobb HillWNW 288°358 m10.2 mi
West Brook MountainNNW 339°347 m11.6 mi
Carris HillNNW 340°341 m8.2 mi
Saddle MountainNNW 340°341 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516270767466554435
Precip in3.02.54.13.73.44.34.34.53.74.03.34.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caldwell Essex CO AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer56 obs
  • Large Yellow Underwing53 obs
  • Small Phigalia Moth46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • House Centipede38 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly38 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail33 obs
  • Pale Green Assassin Bug27 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/269698916

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