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Peter Woodland Memorial

Peter Woodland Memorial from directly overhead

Peter Woodland Memorial is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayside Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.69644, -74.08531
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Afro-American Historical Society Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Chief John T. Brennan Fire Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 1.6 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 1.6 mi
  • Liberty Science Center: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Caven Point Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.7 mi
  • Newport Sand Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Pesin Drive Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Crescent Field: 2.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Grove: 2.2 mi
  • North Cove Field: 2.4 mi
  • Terminal Field: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Little Snake Hill: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.7 mi
  • The Loch: 9.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Peter Woodland Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillNW 313°276 m22.8 mi
High MountainNNW 343°268 m19.8 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 321°263 m22.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 341°260 m20.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 342°230 m19.5 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 285°217 m23.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 339°185 m20.9 mi
Moon HillNNW 340°180 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11759272461

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