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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. 40 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
Beaches: 60
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
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
Peaks: 40
Picnic sites: 21
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
  • Grove 4: 10.9 mi
  • Grove 3B: 10.9 mi
  • Grove 3A: 11.0 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: 3
  • Hawk Hill: 20.4 mi
  • Palisades: 22.2 mi
  • Palisades: 24.4 mi
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 HillN 357°179 m25.0 mi
Mayapple HillN 351°175 m22.5 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 301°168 m20.2 mi
Long HillNNW 326°126 m20.6 mi
Todt HillNNE 28°125 m11.7 mi
Crawford HillSSE 156°120 m4.5 mi
Pine HillSW 214°110 m18.1 mi
Telegraph HillSSE 147°106 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357719938

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