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Rutherford Memorial Park

Rutherford Memorial Park from directly overhead

Rutherford Memorial Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Stony Brook Mountains stands 289 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.84395, -74.11907
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Joseph W. Sesselman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Samuel Nelkin County Park: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Crossing Park: 0.6 mi
  • Zelenka Park: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • The George Washington Tree: 1.1 mi
  • World War I Monument: 1.4 mi
  • The Old Spooky House: 2.1 mi
  • Firemen's Monument: 2.2 mi
  • US Veteran Howard Reenstra Home Memorial: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • The Involved Student: 2.6 mi
  • Tug of War: 2.7 mi
  • Death of Venus: 2.7 mi
  • Something's Afoot: 2.7 mi
  • Sprite Habitat: 2.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 4.8 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 4.8 mi
  • Thor: 4.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic and Grill: 2.3 mi
  • The Backyard: 3.0 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Area C: 7.4 mi
  • Area B: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Great Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Loch: 9.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Rutherford Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony Brook MountainsWNW 303°289 m16.3 mi
Pyramid MountainWNW 298°283 m16.0 mi
Millstone HillNNW 337°278 m16.2 mi
Kakeout MountainNW 307°277 m16.8 mi
Sheep HillWNW 289°276 m15.9 mi
High MountainNNW 335°268 m9.7 mi
Turkey MountainWNW 299°268 m15.1 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 300°263 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:32

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
  • American Robin38 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail38 obs
  • Western Honey Bee37 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • House Sparrow35 obs
  • Canada Goose33 obs
  • European Starling30 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/39831443

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