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Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt from directly overhead

Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt is an artwork in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Sourland Mountain stands 171 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates40.21774, -74.47526

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rocky Brook Park: 2.4 mi
  • Millstone Park: 3.2 mi
  • Woods Road Community Park: 3.9 mi
  • Dawes Park: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • The Four Winds: 5.2 mi
  • Discovery Bay: 5.2 mi
  • Calypso Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Tornado: 5.3 mi
  • The Falls: 5.3 mi
Museums
  • Cranbury Barn Park: 6.5 mi
  • Cranbury History Center: 6.7 mi
  • Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Cranbury Museum: 6.9 mi
  • New Jersey Fire Museum & Firefighters Memorial: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Thomas Roy Grover Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Manalapan September 11th Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Manalapan Public Services Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.4 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 58
Gardens: 53
  • Galapagos Turtles: 5.8 mi
  • Venue Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 10.5 mi
  • Acer Courtyard: 12.8 mi
  • Water Garden: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 29
Beaches: 19
Picnic sites: 18
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 17.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sourland MountainNW 323°171 m21.7 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 290°146 m22.3 mi
Strawberry HillWNW 288°143 m23.3 mi
Pheasant HillNW 315°134 m19.6 mi
Mount CanoeWNW 292°128 m21.6 mi
Mount RoseNW 309°126 m16.6 mi
Crawford HillNE 52°120 m19.4 mi
Pennington MountainWNW 299°116 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2919:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12467314765

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