Formal Garden
Formal Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Crawford Hill stands 120 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunken Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 13 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Carasaljo Park: 0.2 mi
- Campbell Park: 0.7 mi
- Lakewood Pines Park: 1.6 mi
- Ocean County Park No. 1: 2.3 mi
- Echo Lake Park: 2.7 mi
- R Berel Leifer's Shul: 0.9 mi
- Angel in Anguish-9/11 Monument: 6.7 mi
- Hindenburg Disaster Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center: 7.2 mi
- Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center: 7.2 mi
- Boardwalk: 2.6 mi
- A-7 Corsair II: 6.6 mi
- Wall Stadium Speedway: 8.2 mi
- Coastal Living LLC: 8.9 mi
- Wave Swinger: 10.0 mi
- Lakewood Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Insectropolis: 5.6 mi
- Mackenzie Museum & Library: 5.8 mi
- Brick Township Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- The New Jersey Museum of Transportation: 6.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.1 mi
- Founder's Grove: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
- Italian Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Children's Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
- Windward Beach: 6.6 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 8.0 mi
- Nejecho Beach: 8.3 mi
- GICA Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sandy Point Yacht Club Private Beach: 8.5 mi
- Stony Hill: 2.3 mi
- Throck Morton Hill: 11.0 mi
- Lippincort Hill: 12.2 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 12.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 13.8 mi
- Welcome to Ocean County: 9.3 mi
- Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 12.2 mi
- Bradley Beach Sign: 13.6 mi
- Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt: 15.6 mi
- The Hawk: 17.1 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 8.2 mi
- Winding River Park: 8.4 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 19.0 mi
- Rechnitz Pine Barrens Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Tatum Park: 20.5 mi
- Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 2.6 mi
- Catering Area: 11.2 mi
- Thompson Grove Park: 11.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Pakim Pond Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
- Barnegat Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
- Power House: 24.3 mi
- South Tower: 24.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 24.4 mi
- North Tower: 24.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 20.8 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 22.0 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 22.1 mi
- Island Beach: 19.7 mi
- Ong's Hat: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Hill | N 6° | 120 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 314° | 110 m | 13.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 8° | 106 m | 20.8 mi |
| Beacon Hill | N 0° | 82 m | 19.4 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | NNE 13° | 81 m | 11.0 mi |
| Disbrows Hill | NW 311° | 79 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | NNE 19° | 74 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lippincort Hill | NNE 26° | 72 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toms River, 10 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron9 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk7 obs
- Common Box Turtle7 obs
- Canada Goose6 obs
- White-tailed Deer6 obs
- Eastern Calligrapher6 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly6 obs
- Northern Cardinal5 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/1086842389
Day trips start here
- Jackson Township · 7 mi
- Freehold · 12 mi
- Manalapan · 14 mi
- Englishtown · 16 mi
- Allentown · 20 mi
- Hightstown · 20 mi
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