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Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion

Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion from directly overhead

Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion is a picnic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.86430, -74.41129

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • West Wing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Governor Livingston Park: 0.8 mi
  • Druid Hill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hills of Troy Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Parsippany Veteran's Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Construction of the Dam: 2.1 mi
  • Washington Street Bridge: 2.1 mi
  • Jersey City Water Works: 2.1 mi
  • Call of Our Country: 2.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Grafton Park: 2.8 mi
  • Black Meadows Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Black Meadows Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Black Meadows Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Hierwarter Wildacres Preserve: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • BHS Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 5.3 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • "Limestone" Quarry: 5.8 mi
  • Bear Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Tripod Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 60
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 10.1 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 10.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 10.5 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 25
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 8.7 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 8.8 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 10.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 322°425 m13.7 mi
Bowling Green MountainNW 324°420 m12.3 mi
Green Pond MountainNW 316°393 m9.9 mi
Buck MountainNNE 12°378 m13.8 mi
Copperas MountainNNW 345°373 m10.8 mi
Mount ArlingtonWNW 287°371 m11.9 mi
Mount PaulNNW 331°368 m14.0 mi
Kanouse MountainN 357°361 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/669452805

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