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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.

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Coordinates40.78211, -74.01070
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 1.0 mi
  • Palisades: 2.1 mi
  • Palisades: 3.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Loch: 2.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.6 mi
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 14.8 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 323°268 m16.3 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 303°263 m21.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 322°260 m17.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m16.0 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 332°224 m21.3 mi
LeGrande HillNW 323°219 m21.5 mi
Mount NeboNNE 13°208 m19.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 320°185 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • white snakeroot1,228 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,223 obs
  • common milkweed499 obs
  • House Sparrow458 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly449 obs
  • European Starling306 obs
  • American Robin256 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel256 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/279483471

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