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Freedom Plaza

Freedom Plaza from directly overhead

Freedom Plaza is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Calais Mountain stands 334 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Music of Metuchen, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
brick
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.54017, -74.36045
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Thomas Mundy Peterson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thomas Park: 0.3 mi
  • Franklin Park: 0.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Triangle: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Middlesex County War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Edison Memorial Tower: 1.9 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 2.2 mi
  • Highland Park Doughboy: 4.3 mi
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 4.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Ash Brook Reservation: 5.2 mi
  • Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 6.1 mi
  • Sharrotts Shoreline: 6.2 mi
  • Fanwood Nature Center: 6.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 25
  • Grove 4: 4.8 mi
  • Grove 3B: 4.9 mi
  • Grove 3A: 4.9 mi
  • Open Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Grove 2: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 21.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.5 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 23.6 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Seele: 9.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Freedom Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calais MountainNNW 329°334 m22.9 mi
Watnong MountainNNW 342°295.7 m22.4 mi
Union HillNNW 339°277 m23.4 mi
Trowbridge MountainNNW 336°274 m22.4 mi
Long HillNW 315°259 m22.2 mi
Mine MountainNW 314°251 m17.9 mi
Mount PaulNW 316°245 m21.7 mi
Blueberry RidgeNNW 329°243 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13043843633

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