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New Era Anchor

New Era Anchor from directly overhead

New Era Anchor is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Crawford Hill stands 120 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Loch Arbour Village Beach Club, a beach 0.2 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 25 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In memory of the nearly 300 German immigrants who lost their lives when the sailing ship New Era wrecked off Deal Lake, November 13, 1854. In honor of Abner Allen, Allenhurst's earliest settler, keeper of the local lifeboat house, and first rescuer...
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Coordinates40.23408, -74.00067
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
Attractions
  • Madame Marie's: 0.8 mi
  • Asbury Eighteen Mini Golf: 0.9 mi
  • Wall Stadium Speedway: 7.2 mi
  • Seabright Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Coastal Living LLC‎: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 51
  • Historical Society of Ocean Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Diana Radio Telescope Museum: 4.5 mi
  • InfoAge Science Center: 4.5 mi
  • Radio Technology Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Us Army Signal Corps Electronics World War Two Communications: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 38
  • COVID-19 Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Asbury Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Kula Urban Farm: 1.7 mi
  • Erlanger Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Artworks: 30
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 2.4 mi
  • The Hawk: 3.1 mi
  • The Involved Student: 3.1 mi
  • Go Hawks: 3.3 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 13
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 14.7 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 17.8 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
  • Catering Area: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crawford HillNW 318°120 m14.7 mi
Pine HillW 270°110 m21.8 mi
Telegraph HillNW 321°106 m14.3 mi
Beacon HillNW 310°82 m15.3 mi
Throck Morton HillW 277°81 m9.5 mi
Disbrows HillW 272°79 m24.1 mi
Cranberry HillWNW 285°74 m8.2 mi
Lippincort HillWNW 283°72 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:5116:34

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9346291911

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