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Whitey Lang Park

Whitey Lang Park from directly overhead

Whitey Lang Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Inwood Terrace Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
79 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.83837, -73.98290
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Inwood Terrace Park: 0.2 mi
  • Whitney Lane Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Columbus Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
  • William Birch Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • September 11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Battery 1: 1.2 mi
  • Battery 2: 1.2 mi
  • Magazine: 1.3 mi
  • Battery 4: 1.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 2.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.3 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Loch: 3.2 mi
  • The Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Whitey Lang Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 309°268 m14.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 309°260 m15.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 308°230 m14.3 mi
Campgaw MountainNW 323°224 m18.8 mi
Mount NeboNNE 11°208 m14.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 307°185 m16.1 mi
Moon HillNW 307°180 m15.8 mi
Stony HillW 262°179 m13.7 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 °F333542536373787669574738
Precip in3.32.84.14.03.94.24.44.24.13.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teterboro AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly274 obs
  • Asian bittersweet124 obs
  • Monk Parakeet110 obs
  • common mugwort104 obs
  • White-tailed Deer98 obs
  • red deadnettle93 obs
  • Canada Goose92 obs
  • American Robin84 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/606179071

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