Park · New Jersey
Wakelee Field
Wakelee Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Drag Hill stands 323 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.95982, -73.96403
- 2.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 6.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.8 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Ice House: 0.9 mi
- Camp Merritt Memorial Monument: 1.5 mi
- Roll of Honor: 2.1 mi
- Harold E. Mulligan: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Cranford Park: 0.8 mi
- Davies Arboretum and Wildlife Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Christopher W. DeAngelis Park: 1.1 mi
- Closter Nature Center: 1.2 mi
- New Street Park: 1.4 mi
Cliffs
- The Palisades: 2.4 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 10.5 mi
Attractions
- Tenafly Historic Railroad Station: 2.4 mi
- Trevor Park: 3.5 mi
- Stumpery: 3.9 mi
- Temple of Love: 4.0 mi
- Garden Remants: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Beechwood Park: 2.7 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Pulver's Woods: 5.1 mi
- Ravensdale Woods: 5.3 mi
- Sprain Ridge Park: 6.1 mi
Beaches
- Huylers Beach: 3.1 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.6 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 5.2 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 5.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 6.0 mi
Artworks
- Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 3.3 mi
- Water Music: 3.6 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 3.9 mi
- Henry Hudson: 4.0 mi
- Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 4.0 mi
Museums
- African Art Museum at the SMA: 3.4 mi
- Hiram Bauvelt Wildlife Art Museum: 3.5 mi
- Hudson River Museum: 3.5 mi
- Historic New Bridge Landing: 4.8 mi
- Hastings Historical Society: 4.9 mi
Gardens
- Walled Garden: 4.1 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 5.5 mi
- PS24 Garden: 5.7 mi
- Bruce Reynolds Garden: 6.7 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 6.8 mi
Peaks
- Andre Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bronx High Point: 5.3 mi
- Vault Hill: 5.7 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.8 mi
- Tallman Mountain: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Alpine picnic area: 2.5 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Area B: 7.0 mi
- Area C: 7.1 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- The Falls: 8.1 mi
- The Loch: 11.4 mi
- Great Falls: 11.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Monksville: 20.8 mi
- New City Village: 22.8 mi
- Doodletown: 23.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Wakelee Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drag Hill | NW 307° | 323 m | 16.0 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 305° | 322 m | 16.0 mi |
| Twin Hill | WNW 300° | 304 m | 15.8 mi |
| Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain | NW 313° | 282 m | 14.9 mi |
| Matty Price Hill | WNW 303° | 279 m | 15.2 mi |
| Millstone Hill | WNW 296° | 278 m | 16.0 mi |
| High Mountain | W 274° | 268 m | 12.2 mi |
| Monroe Ridge | NW 307° | 262 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 8 mi away.
- Canada Goose288 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage182 obs
- bladder campion177 obs
- northern spicebush175 obs
- wineberry149 obs
- ground-ivy146 obs
- Red Clover140 obs
- American Robin133 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/357731387
Day trips start here
- Haworth · 1 mi
- River Vale · 3 mi
- Westwood · 4 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
- Hastings-on-Hudson · 5 mi
- River Edge · 5 mi
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