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West Side Park

West Side Park from directly overhead

West Side Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Eric M. Graupe, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
37 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.91289, -74.18739

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Pennington Park: 0.3 mi
  • Upper Raceway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Overlook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mary Ellen Kramer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Federici Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 2.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Clifton Beautification Committee Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Presby Memorial Iris Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Willowbrook Mini Golf: 3.4 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Brighton Asylum: 4.4 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 4.7 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 5.0 mi
Cliffs
  • Thor: 3.4 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 3.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 3.5 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 3.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 56
Picnic sites: 28
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic and Grill: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Great Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.1 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of West Side Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 319°378 m13.3 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 323°360 m13.4 mi
Carris HillNW 322°341 m12.2 mi
Saddle MountainNW 325°341 m13.9 mi
High MountainNNW 349°337 m12.4 mi
Fugawe RidgeWNW 288°335 m12.8 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 321°335 m14.0 mi
Herman HillN 357°328 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer111 obs
  • azure bluet65 obs
  • wineberry61 obs
  • Japanese barberry59 obs
  • white snakeroot56 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • American Robin46 obs
  • tree-of-heaven39 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 way/39648150

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