Herrontown Woods Arboretum
Herrontown Woods Arboretum is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Hell Mountain stands 288 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is All Saints Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 13 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 16 mi
- South Overlook · 16 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- All Saints Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Herrontown Woods: 0.4 mi
- Van Dyke Wright Park: 0.4 mi
- Autumn Hill Reservation: 0.5 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Barbara Smoyer Park: 0.3 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.6 mi
- Grover Park: 0.9 mi
- Potts Park: 1.3 mi
- Quarry Park: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 1.8 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 2.4 mi
- Iconic Colonade: 3.5 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 4.6 mi
- Chou, Liao, and Lin Family Open Space Monument: 5.9 mi
- Upstart II: 1.9 mi
- URODA: 1.9 mi
- Abraham and Isaac: In Memory of May 4, 1970, Kent State University: 2.1 mi
- Double Sights: 2.1 mi
- Song of the Vowels: 2.1 mi
- Morven Museum: 2.4 mi
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 4.2 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 4.4 mi
- Dirck Gulick House: 5.6 mi
- Hopewell Museum: 6.3 mi
- Fuld Hall: 3.4 mi
- Pond dialogue: 3.5 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 10.2 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture: 10.6 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Birch Garden: 3.4 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 3.6 mi
- Franklin Park Garden Cooperative: 7.0 mi
- North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 9.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.0 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Mount Rose: 4.3 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 5.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Alumni Grove: 10.3 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
- Grove 1: 13.6 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 20.0 mi
- Paul's Beach: 21.1 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 21.6 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 21.8 mi
- Seidler Beach: 22.1 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 8.9 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Gold Run: 12.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.1 mi
- High Falls: 20.6 mi
- Seele: 23.7 mi
- Old Quarry: 15.9 mi
- Washington's Rock: 15.9 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 23.1 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 24.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 13.3 mi
- Barber: 22.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Herrontown Woods Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hell Mountain | NNW 339° | 288 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNW 328° | 254 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mine Mountain | N 5° | 251 m | 23.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 321° | 186 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Saint John | N 358° | 179 m | 24.6 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | W 270° | 174 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NW 324° | 171 m | 7.7 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NNE 17° | 168 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:53 | 16:36 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 9 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron64 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly62 obs
- common mugwort58 obs
- multiflora rose56 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel53 obs
- White-tailed Deer51 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty49 obs
- Eastern Cottontail44 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9983847017
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 2 mi
- Montgomery Township · 4 mi
- Belle Mead · 6 mi
- West Windsor · 6 mi
- Mercer County · 7 mi
- Hillsborough · 9 mi
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