Garden · New Jersey
Greenwood Gardens
Greenwood Gardens is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawk Hill, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.74430, -74.30743
- 19.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.8 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fox Hill Reserve: 0.6 mi
- South Mountain Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Summit Field: 1.0 mi
- White Oak Ridge Park: 1.4 mi
- William "Lefty" Boland Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Nook Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 2.2 mi
- Riker Hill: 4.7 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.8 mi
- Long Hill: 7.5 mi
Artworks
- Curate: 1.4 mi
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 1.8 mi
- Louie: 3.3 mi
- Fearless Girl Statue: 5.8 mi
- Color Field Sculpture: 5.9 mi
Gardens
- Millburn Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Habitat: 2.0 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 2.5 mi
- Treehouse Blooms & Veggies Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- HOV Healthy Haven at Eighteenth: 3.9 mi
Museums
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 1.6 mi
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 2.4 mi
- Summit Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Imagine That!!!: 4.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse: 5.3 mi
Attractions
- African Adventure: 2.1 mi
- Amazing Asia: 2.1 mi
- Australian Outback: 2.1 mi
- Prairie Dog: 2.2 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- September 11th Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 5.1 mi
- Lake Surprise Boathouse (#11): 5.3 mi
- Lake Surprise Bathhouse (#12): 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
- East Hills Park: 2.9 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 3.2 mi
- West Essex Park: 3.4 mi
- Prospect Park: 4.0 mi
- West Essex Park: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 54
- Flamingo: 2.1 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 11.4 mi
- Island Beach: 12.2 mi
- Birchwood Lake Beach: 12.9 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- The Park: 4.0 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Hemlock Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hobble Falls: 1.1 mi
- Seele: 7.3 mi
- Boonton Falls: 12.6 mi
- Great Falls: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Hill: 0.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 9.5 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 9.7 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 9.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Larry Doby Service Area: 9.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 13.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 13.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 6.0 mi
- Barber: 15.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 18.0 mi
- New City Village: 19.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 1.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Greenwood Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | WNW 295° | 341 m | 15.6 mi |
| Fugawe Ridge | NNW 339° | 335 m | 16.7 mi |
| Calais Mountain | WNW 291° | 334 m | 15.6 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NW 307° | 295.7 m | 12.1 mi |
| Stony Brook Mountains | NNW 346° | 289 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rock Pear Mountain | NNW 344° | 289 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 344° | 283 m | 15.0 mi |
| Randall Hill | WNW 303° | 283 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 2 mi away.
- American wintergreen404 obs
- wineberry293 obs
- Japanese barberry288 obs
- American beech267 obs
- garlic mustard250 obs
- American tuliptree227 obs
- Japanese knotweed207 obs
- winged euonymus191 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2681570087
Day trips start here
- Short Hills · 1 mi
- Maplewood · 2 mi
- Summit · 3 mi
- Chatham · 4 mi
- Essex County · 4 mi
- The Oranges · 4 mi
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