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William Birch Park

William Birch Park from directly overhead

William Birch Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Firemen's Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85031, -73.98213

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Firemen's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Stanley Gallone Park (Fireman Park): 0.5 mi
  • Lindbergh Field: 0.5 mi
  • Constitution Park: 0.5 mi
  • Whitney Lane Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • September 11 Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Battery 1: 0.9 mi
  • Battery 2: 1.0 mi
  • Magazine: 1.0 mi
  • Battery 4: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Attractions
Picnic sites: 45
Waterfalls: 14
  • The Loch: 4.0 mi
  • The Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 17.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of William Birch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 306°268 m14.0 mi
Beech MountainNW 306°260 m15.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 305°230 m13.8 mi
Campgaw MountainNW 321°224 m18.1 mi
Mount NeboNNE 12°208 m14.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 305°185 m15.6 mi
Moon HillNW 305°180 m15.3 mi
Stony HillW 259°179 m13.9 mi

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.

  • common milkweed210 obs
  • black-eyed Susan159 obs
  • groundsel tree151 obs
  • White-tailed Deer133 obs
  • swamp rose mallow125 obs
  • American Robin121 obs
  • spotted knapweed121 obs
  • common evening-primrose118 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/39648234

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