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Sparta Glen Park

Sparta Glen Park from directly overhead

Sparta Glen Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Station Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
274 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.03760, -74.61544

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Station Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hilltop Park: 1.2 mi
  • Putting Green Park: 1.3 mi
  • Boardwalk Park: 1.5 mi
  • Playground: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Frying Pan Trees: 1.5 mi
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 7.7 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 8.3 mi
  • Outdoor Entertainment Area: 8.4 mi
  • Agricultural Area: 8.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 56
  • Beach 1: 1.5 mi
  • Beach 2: 1.7 mi
  • Beach 11B: 1.8 mi
  • Beach 11A: 2.0 mi
  • Beach 3: 2.1 mi
Cliffs: 55
  • Pike Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 13.2 mi
  • The Cliff: 21.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 23.8 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 24.4 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 52
  • Founder's Park: 8.3 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 12.2 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 13.4 mi
  • BHS Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Buffalo Statue: 12.6 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 15.3 mi
  • Eagle: 15.6 mi
  • Red M&M: 16.2 mi
  • Green M&M: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Boonton Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Otter Hole: 13.9 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 15.1 mi
  • Tillman Falls: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 23.1 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 23.3 mi
  • Rest area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Sparta Glen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise MountainNNW 336°500 m13.6 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 297°454 m14.5 mi
Wawayanda MountainNE 37°448 m13.8 mi
Granite PeakNNE 30°445 m11.1 mi
Bearfort MountainENE 59°445 m13.6 mi
Bird MountainWNW 299°445 m14.6 mi
South PeakNNE 29°440 m10.0 mi
Blue MountainWNW 302°439 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2719:5320:35
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2115:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506068737163524233
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.84.55.14.94.34.63.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • white clover49 obs
  • multiflora rose38 obs
  • common milkweed36 obs
  • wild carrot35 obs
  • ribwort plantain27 obs
  • ground-ivy25 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail22 obs
  • striped wintergreen21 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/357733130

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