Laurel Hill County Park (Secaucus, New Jersey)

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Snake Hill (A 150-foot hill, likely an old volcanic neck) and the area between it and the Hackensack River today comprise Laurel Hill County Park, part of the Hudson County Park System.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Hill

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Coordinates: 40°45'37"N 74°5'9"W

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Snowbody (guest)

I suspect that the "snakes" that gave the hill its name were not natives, but put there by criminals who used the hill as a hideout, in order to discourage anybody from snooping around.

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River Bend Marsh 0.9 km
Norfolk Southern Croxton Intermodal Terminal 1.6 km
Goya Foods 1.8 km
PSEG Hudson Generating Station (decomissioned) 1.9 km
NY International and Bulk Mail Center 2.3 km
UPS Meadowlands NJ hub 2.9 km
New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) Exit 16E 3 km
Hudson County, New Jersey 3.3 km
Lyndhurst, New Jersey 4.1 km
North Bergen, New Jersey 6.2 km

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