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Walker Park

Walker Park from directly overhead

Walker Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66621, -74.19931

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 4.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Joe Holzka Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.3 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 4.4 mi
  • The Park: 4.5 mi
  • Freedom Field: 7.7 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Seele: 10.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Hawk Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 9.8 mi
  • Palisades: 11.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Walker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 310°295.7 m19.9 mi
Sheep HillNNW 328°276 m20.6 mi
High MountainN 0°268 m21.0 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 337°263 m21.0 mi
Mount CecchinoN 0°230 m20.7 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 294°229 m19.0 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 297°217 m18.2 mi
Mount KembleWNW 293°215 m18.2 mi

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 solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly64 obs
  • pin oak56 obs
  • House Sparrow39 obs
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • White-tailed Deer33 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • white clover25 obs
  • American pokeweed24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357743790

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