Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance rises to 316 m in New Jersey. Diamond Mountain stands 378 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Moraine Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mount Defiance is a mountain in Ringwood State Park in Passaic County, New Jersey. The peak rises to 1,040 feet (317 m). It is part of the Ramapo Mountains.
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Wikidata Q16953643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 316 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Cape: 0.7 mi
- Table Rock: 1.3 mi
- Cupsaw Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hickory Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Herman Hill: 1.5 mi
- The Backyard: 0.9 mi
- Ruins Of Group Of Stone Houses: 2.2 mi
- Halifax Ruins: 2.7 mi
- Sloatsburg Cemetery: 2.8 mi
- Old Glen Gray Water Tank: 2.8 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 1.7 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 5.9 mi
- Roomy Mine: 6.1 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 6.1 mi
- Blue Mine: 6.4 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 4.9 mi
- Oakland Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Hopper-Goetschius House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard: 9.3 mi
- Party Wall: 3.4 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 3.4 mi
- Vulnerability Corner: 3.4 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 3.4 mi
- Yankee Ramparts: 3.4 mi
- The Powerlinez Climbing Area: 3.6 mi
- Wrightman Plateau: 3.7 mi
- Pioneer Park/ Painted Forest: 4.1 mi
- Dater Mountain County Park: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Moraine Garden: 0.3 mi
- Cactus Rock: 0.3 mi
- Hosta & Rhododendron Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 0.4 mi
- Perennial Garden: 0.4 mi
- Jerry Wyckoff Natural Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 3.7 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Tory Rocks Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Ridge Road Park: 4.9 mi
- Diana: 0.3 mi
- Swan Boy: 0.4 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 0.4 mi
- Eagles: 0.6 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 11.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach Club: 6.3 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 7.2 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 8.1 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sunny Ridge Beach: 8.9 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Kakiat Park: 6.1 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 4.5 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 7.7 mi
- Otter Hole: 8.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.8 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Monksville: 3.7 mi
- New City Village: 11.2 mi
- Doodletown: 16.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Mount Defiance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Mountain | NE 51° | 378 m | 6.2 mi |
| Big Beech Mountain | NW 311° | 365 m | 4.5 mi |
| Assiniwikam Mountain | SW 236° | 360 m | 7.0 mi |
| Blauvelt Mountain | NE 36° | 355 m | 6.5 mi |
| Raccoon Brook Hill | ENE 58° | 353 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 99° | 351 m | 1.5 mi |
| West Brook Mountain | WSW 255° | 347 m | 6.8 mi |
| Cairn Mountain | N 8° | 343 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 875865 — Mount Defiance, Passaic County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357720646
Day trips start here
- Suffern · 4 mi
- Passaic County · 7 mi
- Wyckoff · 8 mi
- Monsey · 9 mi
- Spring Valley · 9 mi
- Nanuet · 11 mi
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