The Backyard

The Backyard is a ruins in Borough of Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey. The Backyard is situated near the town Ringwood, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Warm Puppy Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Defiance and Bellot Mountain.

Mount Defiance

Peak

Mount Defiance is a mountain in Ringwood State Park in Passaic County, New Jersey. The peak rises to 1,040 feet. It is part of the Ramapo Mountains.

Bellot Mountain

Peak

Bellot Mountain is a mountain in Passaic County, New Jersey. The peak rises to 745 feet, and overlooks Wanaque Reservoir to the west. It is part of the Ramapo Mountains.

Skylands is a 1,119-acre and it is open to the public year-round. The Skylands property is within the Ramapo Mountains and it is maintained by the Skylands Association. Skylands is situated 3,600 feet north of The Backyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ringwood and Monksville.

Ringwood

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ringwood is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,735, a decrease of 493 from the 2010 census count of 12,228, which in turn reflected a decrease of 168 from the 12,396 counted in the 2000 census.

Monksville

Locality

Monksville or Monks was a small settlement located in West Milford that was demolished and flooded to create the Monksville Reservoir in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Monksville is situated 3 miles west of The Backyard.

Sterlington

Hamlet

Sterlington, was a tiny community located in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located between Suffern and Sloatsburg. The name was adopted when the post office opened in 1882. Sterlington is situated 3½ miles northeast of The Backyard.

The Backyard

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Borough of Ringwood, Passaic County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.11547° or 41° 6′ 56″ north

Longitude

-74.24126° or 74° 14′ 29″ west

Open location code

87H74Q85+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12731964784

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Warm Puppy Rock and Cupsaw Lake.

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