- Elevation, modelled
- 42 m
- Tallest summit within 23.4 miles
- Mount Freedom341 m · 22.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Millstone Valley Scenic Byway13.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5632, -74.3390
Edison Memorial Tower is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled 42 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Dates from 1938.
Wikidata Q7787050, matched on coordinates and name (39 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Edison Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 327° | 341 m | 22.9 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 324° | 334 m | 22.2 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 338° | 295.7 m | 21.3 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 335° | 277 m | 22.3 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 332° | 274 m | 21.5 mi |
| Long Hill | NW 310° | 259 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NW 308° | 251 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Paul | NW 311° | 245 m | 21.4 mi |
- 13.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic BywayNational
- 26.7 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 0.0 mi
- Proprietary House: 5.5 mi
- Kearny Cottage Museum: 5.6 mi
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip: 5.6 mi
- Drake House Museum: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
- Pyramid Of Iselin: 0.6 mi
- Middlesex County War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Freedom Plaza: 1.9 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.3 mi
- George Washington: 5.5 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 4.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 6.4 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 6.4 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 6.5 mi
- The South Pole: 6.5 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 10.7 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 11.4 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Todt Hill: 12.0 mi
- Nook Hill: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 57
- Robinsons Beach: 6.9 mi
- Krogh Beach: 7.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 8.2 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 8.7 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Seele: 7.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 13.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 4.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.7 mi
- North Tower: 21.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 4.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 7.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 8.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Woodbridge · 3 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Rahway · 4 mi
- Perth Amboy · 5 mi
- Piscataway · 5 mi
- Clark · 6 mi
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