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Marlboro Recreation Rain Garden

Marlboro Recreation Rain Garden from directly overhead

Marlboro Recreation Rain Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Second Watchung Mountain stands 168 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 9-11 Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 14 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.32775, -74.26511
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Boulder Monument: 3.5 mi
  • September 11 Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Obelisk Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Korean War Monument: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Big Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • Vandengurg Soccer Complex: 2.2 mi
  • Wickatunk Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
  • Big Brook Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Duchess Court Park: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Durand Park Memorial Arboretum: 3.5 mi
  • Native Grass Mixture Panel: 3.5 mi
  • Northern Wildflower Mixture Panel: 3.5 mi
  • Native Short Grass Mixture Panel: 3.5 mi
  • Native Short Grass Mixture Panel: 3.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 39
Peaks: 24
Picnic sites: 16
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marlboro Recreation Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Second Watchung MountainNW 322°168 m24.2 mi
Mount RoseW 277°126 m24.2 mi
Todt HillNNE 23°125 m20.4 mi
Crawford HillNE 43°120 m6.1 mi
Pine HillSW 231°110 m10.1 mi
Telegraph HillNE 47°106 m6.7 mi
Tenmile Run MountainWNW 291°92 m18.9 mi
Rocky HillW 280°92 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5116:35

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed16 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly15 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • garlic mustard11 obs
  • Green Frog11 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1074190121

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