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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

Historic sites
  • 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
Museums
Parks
Beaches
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
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
Peaks: 27
Picnic sites: 23
  • 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 HillNNW 334°125 m15.6 mi
Crawford HillW 268°120 m10.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 269°106 m9.8 mi
Beacon HillW 264°82 m12.6 mi
Throck Morton HillSW 226°81 m14.3 mi
Cranberry HillSW 224°74 m12.6 mi
Lippincort HillSW 217°72 m12.2 mi
Highlands of NavesinkWNW 290°71 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 5080 °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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