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Saint Marks Park

Saint Marks Park from directly overhead

Saint Marks Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Calais Mountain stands 334 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Orchard Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.64373, -74.24104
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 0.4 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 4.2 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.5 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Nook Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 8.7 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 2.1 mi
  • The Park: 5.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 15.1 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Seele: 8.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Saint Marks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calais MountainNW 305°334 m21.9 mi
Watnong MountainNW 317°295.7 m19.4 mi
Union HillNW 315°277 m20.7 mi
Sheep HillNNW 336°276 m20.9 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 311°274 m20.3 mi
TourneNNW 331°273 m21.2 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 344°263 m21.8 mi
Mine MountainWNW 286°251 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort32 obs
  • ribwort plantain28 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • Canada Goose24 obs
  • white clover20 obs
  • ground-ivy20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly19 obs
  • American Robin18 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/39680328

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