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Stafford Community Garden

Stafford Community Garden from directly overhead

Stafford Community Garden is a garden in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 7.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Stafford Township
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates39.69590, -74.25988

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • A. Paul King County Park: 0.1 mi
  • Manahawkin Lake Park: 0.1 mi
  • Beach Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park of the Pines: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Adventure Mini Golf: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Bridge Tavern County Historic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Jacques Cousteau Coastal Centre: 8.4 mi
  • Hang Ten: 8.9 mi
  • Atlantic Scrambler: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Chief Pohatcong Monument: 7.9 mi
  • Massacre at Long Beach Island: 8.6 mi
  • Early History of Beach Haven: 9.3 mi
  • Forest Firefighter Memorial: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 16
Peaks: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 18.7 mi
  • Sea Wall Sculpture: 20.3 mi
  • Turtle (Murtle) statue: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Children's Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Galloway Township Community Garden: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainN 350°56 m10.6 mi
Apple Pie HillWNW 294°56 m19.1 mi
East MountainN 352°55 m10.6 mi
Pine HillNNW 348°54 m10.4 mi
Spring HillWNW 297°52 m11.7 mi
Bear Swamp HillWNW 290°48 m11.6 mi
Jemima MountW 273°31 m19.0 mi
Stormy HillW 279°22 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3019:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1515:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541506070767670594839
Precip in3.23.03.92.92.63.33.74.93.33.82.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, 9 mi away.

  • Diamondback Terrapin152 obs
  • American holly15 obs
  • Fowler's Toad12 obs
  • Mute Swan9 obs
  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • mountain laurel9 obs
  • Seaside Dragonlet9 obs
  • purple pitcher plant8 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1004231632

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