David Shaw Arboretum
David Shaw Arboretum is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Longstreet Farm Vistior Center & Farm Entrance, a museum 0.1 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 19 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Longstreet Farm Vistior Center & Farm Entrance: 0.1 mi
- Holmes Hendrickson House: 0.5 mi
- Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center: 1.6 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 3.9 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 3.9 mi
- Holmdel County Park: 0.8 mi
- Regency Park: 1.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill Park: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Randall Way Park: 2.2 mi
- Radio Astronomy: 1.1 mi
- The Jansky Monument: 1.1 mi
- Karl Jansky Radio Astronomy Site: 1.1 mi
- Historic Public School Bell: 3.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Karl Jansky Monument: 1.1 mi
- Eagles: 3.8 mi
- Raritan Rocket: 4.5 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 4.8 mi
- COVID-19 Memorial Spiral: 5.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Holmdel Horn Antenna: 1.6 mi
- The South Pole: 9.7 mi
- Seabright Beach: 11.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 11.3 mi
- Tatum Park: 2.7 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 5.7 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 8.0 mi
- Mannino Park: 8.7 mi
- Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Display Garden: 3.3 mi
- Bonsai Display: 3.3 mi
- Japanese Themed Garden: 3.3 mi
- Composting Demo: 3.4 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 3.4 mi
- Cliffwood Beach: 6.1 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 6.3 mi
- Ideal Beach: 6.6 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
- Seidler Beach: 6.7 mi
- Crawford Hill: 1.7 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 2.0 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 3.9 mi
- Stone Hill: 4.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
- Thompson Grove Park: 11.6 mi
- Grove 4: 15.0 mi
- Grove 3B: 15.1 mi
- North Tower: 10.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 10.7 mi
- Power House: 10.7 mi
- South Tower: 10.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 11.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 23.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 23.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 23.5 mi
- Seele: 23.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 24.7 mi
- Barber: 11.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 13.9 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of David Shaw Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | NNE 13° | 125 m | 16.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | N 358° | 120 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 233° | 110 m | 15.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 20° | 106 m | 2.0 mi |
| Tenmile Run Mountain | W 281° | 92 m | 22.2 mi |
| First Watchung Mountain | NW 306° | 83 m | 24.8 mi |
| Beacon Hill | WNW 287° | 82 m | 2.2 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | S 178° | 81 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 5 mi away.
- wineberry37 obs
- White-tailed Deer21 obs
- butterfly milkweed21 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
- American tuliptree20 obs
- lesser periwinkle17 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
- garlic mustard16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/198702198
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 6 mi
- Old Bridge · 7 mi
- Freehold · 9 mi
- Englishtown · 10 mi
- Perth Amboy · 11 mi
- East Brunswick · 13 mi
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