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Sheep Hill Park

Sheep Hill Park from directly overhead

Sheep Hill Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 245 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
245 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.91677, -74.40571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pepe Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kanouse Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grace Lord Park: 0.9 mi
  • Masar Park: 1.3 mi
  • Rockaway Valley Aerodrome Fields: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Boonton Iron Works Blast Furnace Ruins: 0.9 mi
  • Jersey City Water Works: 1.5 mi
  • Washington Street Bridge: 1.5 mi
  • Construction of the Dam: 1.5 mi
Gardens
  • BHS Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 3.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • West Caldwell Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • West Caldwell Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • "Limestone" Quarry: 2.5 mi
  • Bear Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Tripod Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Whale Head Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Cave Tunnel: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 10.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • Thor: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 57
Picnic sites: 22
  • Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 3.6 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 9.5 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 11.6 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Boonton Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 9.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Sheep Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 309°425 m11.4 mi
Bowling Green MountainNW 310°420 m9.8 mi
Green Pond MountainWNW 296°393 m8.0 mi
Buck MountainNNE 15°378 m10.2 mi
Copperas MountainNNW 336°373 m7.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonW 270°371 m11.6 mi
Mount PaulNW 321°368 m11.1 mi
Kanouse MountainN 354°361 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2015:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen73 obs
  • American wintergreen67 obs
  • partridgeberry51 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • American beech27 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage22 obs
  • Christmas fern21 obs
  • American Robin20 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 node/357732922

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