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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fillmore Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

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Coordinates40.79235, -74.00930
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 1.5 mi
  • Palisades: 1.7 mi
  • Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 4.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Loch: 2.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 9.3 mi
  • The Falls: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 321°268 m15.8 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 301°263 m21.0 mi
Beech MountainNW 320°260 m16.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 320°230 m15.5 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 331°224 m20.7 mi
LeGrande HillNW 322°219 m20.9 mi
Mount NeboNNE 14°208 m18.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
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
  • common milkweed610 obs
  • Rock Pigeon434 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly222 obs
  • white snakeroot204 obs
  • House Sparrow197 obs
  • Canada Goose196 obs
  • tree-of-heaven184 obs
  • American Robin160 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/454082289

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