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Cliffwood Beach

Cliffwood Beach from directly overhead

Cliffwood Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Aberdeen Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45123, -74.22090

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aberdeen Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Overlook Park: 0.6 mi
  • Old Bridge Waterfront Park: 1.1 mi
  • Guisti Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches: 59
Gardens
  • David Shaw Arboretum: 6.1 mi
  • Japanese Themed Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Bonsai Display: 6.4 mi
  • Parterre (Rose Garden): 6.4 mi
  • Display Garden: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 51
Peaks: 39
Picnic sites: 18
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
  • Grove 4: 10.9 mi
  • Open Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Grove 2: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seele: 17.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillN179 m25.0 mi
Mayapple HillN175 m22.5 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW168 m20.2 mi
Long HillNNW126 m20.6 mi
Todt HillNNE125 m11.7 mi
Crawford HillSSE120 m4.5 mi
Pine HillSW110 m18.1 mi
Telegraph HillSSE106 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526171767467564637
Precip in3.93.14.23.83.84.44.74.14.24.13.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 10 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Matawan Creek, Route 35 bridge, NJ, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357719938

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