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Navesink Light Station

Navesink Light Station from directly overhead

Navesink Light Station is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Lights State Historic Site, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 29 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
bronze
Inscription
Navesink Light Station has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.39640, -73.98588

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Beaches
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rain Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Parterre (Rose Garden): 7.5 mi
  • Composting Demo: 7.5 mi
  • Display Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Bonsai Display: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 48
  • Twin Lights Mystery Cannon: 0.0 mi
  • Battery Lewis: 0.5 mi
  • Highlands Army Air Defense Command Bunker: 0.5 mi
  • 1980 Hostage Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Sculpture: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 27
Picnic sites: 21
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 17.4 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 20.2 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Fallkill Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Palisades: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillNNW125 m15.6 mi
Crawford HillW120 m10.5 mi
Telegraph HillW106 m9.8 mi
Beacon HillW82 m12.6 mi
Throck Morton HillSW81 m14.3 mi
Cranberry HillSW74 m12.6 mi
Lippincort HillSW72 m12.2 mi
Highlands of NavesinkWNW71 m0.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541506069757468564638
Precip in4.23.34.33.94.14.34.46.34.34.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9271964840

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