Park · New Jersey
Rutherford Park
Rutherford Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Stony Brook Mountains stands 289 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadowlands Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.81677, -74.09764
- 7.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Meadowlands Museum: 0.4 mi
- Carlstadt Historic Firehouse Museum: 1.5 mi
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 2.2 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 2.2 mi
- Secaucus Town Museum: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Riggin Memorial Field: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.8 mi
- Railroad Avenue Park: 0.9 mi
- Firemen's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Hilltop Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 0.8 mi
- truck: 2.6 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 3.7 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park: 4.3 mi
- USS Ling: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
- World War I Monument: 0.8 mi
- The George Washington Tree: 1.4 mi
- AMVETS Carillon: 2.0 mi
- NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 2.1 mi
- WTC Memorial Cove: 2.2 mi
Beaches
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 1.5 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 6.1 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 6.8 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Hazard Beach: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Lehrer Tract: 1.8 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 3.0 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 3.0 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Mills Reservation: 6.4 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Meadowlands Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Millridge Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Branch Brook Park Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- Welcome To Secaucus: 2.7 mi
- Major General Philip Kearny: 4.0 mi
- Saint Mother Teresa: 4.4 mi
- Celia Cruz: 4.7 mi
- The Involved Student: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 4.1 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 4.3 mi
- Kings Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Summit Rock: 7.1 mi
- Eifall: 7.1 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 5.2 mi
- Palisades: 5.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 6.6 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 35
- The Backyard: 1.4 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 8.1 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.6 mi
- Street Seats: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- The Loch: 7.4 mi
- Great Falls: 8.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 11.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 4.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 17.8 mi
- New City Village: 20.9 mi
- Barber: 21.5 mi
- Monksville: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 11.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Rutherford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Mountains | NW 306° | 289 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | WNW 302° | 283 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sheep Hill | WNW 294° | 276 m | 17.6 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 334° | 268 m | 11.9 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | WNW 302° | 268 m | 17.1 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 304° | 263 m | 16.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 331° | 260 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 333° | 230 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly46 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel45 obs
- Eastern Cottontail27 obs
- Western Honey Bee20 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle18 obs
- Mourning Dove17 obs
- House Sparrow17 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 node/357733424
Day trips start here
- East Rutherford · 1 mi
- Rutherford · 1 mi
- Nutley · 3 mi
- Passaic · 3 mi
- Secaucus · 3 mi
- Clifton · 5 mi
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