Riker Hill
Riker Hill rises to 134 m in New Jersey. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riker Hill Art Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34830240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 134 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riker Hill Art Park: 0.2 mi
- Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park: 0.3 mi
- Becker Park: 0.5 mi
- West Essex Park: 0.9 mi
- Essex County Environmental Center: 1.0 mi
- Northland Park: 0.6 mi
- Tedesco Park: 0.9 mi
- Sommer Park: 1.2 mi
- Bond-Force Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Brendan P. Tevlin Fields: 1.4 mi
- Courtyard 4: 1.5 mi
- Courtyard 2: 1.5 mi
- Courtyard 3: 1.5 mi
- Courtyard 1: 1.6 mi
- West Caldwell Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Antique Fire Wagon: 2.1 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Veterans' Memoiral: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Christopher Columbus Statue: 2.1 mi
- Courage and Compassion: 5.2 mi
- Mustang: 6.0 mi
- Curate: 6.1 mi
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 6.1 mi
- Imagine That!!!: 2.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse: 3.7 mi
- Whippany Railway Museum: 4.6 mi
- Montclair Art Museum: 5.4 mi
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 5.8 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 3.3 mi
- Stony Hill: 4.3 mi
- Nook Hill: 5.2 mi
- Towackhow Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Eifall: 6.5 mi
- Prairie Dog: 3.8 mi
- Great Plains: 3.8 mi
- Bear Country: 3.8 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 3.8 mi
- African Adventure: 3.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 5.0 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 6.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 7.0 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.1 mi
- Flamingo: 3.8 mi
- Island Beach: 8.1 mi
- Birchwood Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
- West Beach: 9.5 mi
- East Beach: 9.6 mi
- Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 5.8 mi
- The Park: 7.6 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 4.6 mi
- Boonton Falls: 8.2 mi
- Great Falls: 10.5 mi
- Seele: 10.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.5 mi
- New City Village: 14.9 mi
- Barber: 19.7 mi
- Monksville: 21.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 21.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 4.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Riker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Pond Mountain | NW 314° | 393 m | 15.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 355° | 378 m | 17.2 mi |
| Copperas Mountain | NNW 333° | 373 m | 15.9 mi |
| Kanouse Mountain | NNW 343° | 361 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mase Mountain | NW 307° | 359 m | 16.7 mi |
| Cobb Hill | NNW 330° | 358 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Freedom | W 279° | 341 m | 13.3 mi |
| Carris Hill | N 359° | 341 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Fells Service Bldg, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357718441
Day trips start here
- East Hanover · 2 mi
- Essex County · 4 mi
- Short Hills · 4 mi
- Summit · 5 mi
- Chatham · 6 mi
- Madison · 6 mi
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