Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park
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Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Edison Memorial Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park features the Menlo Park Museum and Edison Memorial Tower as a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison, located in the Menlo Park section of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The tower was dedicated on February 11, 1938, on what would have been the inventor's 91st birthday. The center is located at the 36-acre (15 ha) Edison State Park on Christie Street, the first street in the world to be lit up by a lightbulb, just off Lincoln Highway (Route 27), near the Metropark station of Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park is jointly administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks and Forestry, the Township of Edison, and the non-profit Edison Memorial Tower Corporation.
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Dates from 1938.
Wikidata Q7787050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Edison Memorial Tower: 0.0 mi
- Pyramid Of Iselin: 0.6 mi
- Middlesex County War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Freedom Plaza: 2.0 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.4 mi
- Edison State Park: 0.1 mi
- Cooper Avenue Playground: 1.1 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 1.2 mi
- Oakland Park: 1.4 mi
- Woodwild Park: 1.4 mi
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 1.6 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 1.9 mi
- Studio Theater: 4.3 mi
- Finding a Way in This World: 5.6 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 5.6 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 3.6 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 4.4 mi
- Sharrotts Shoreline: 5.4 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 5.5 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 4.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 6.4 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 6.4 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 6.5 mi
- The South Pole: 6.5 mi
- Butterfly garden: 4.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 4.8 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 4.9 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 6.5 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 7.4 mi
- Proprietary House: 5.5 mi
- Kearny Cottage Museum: 5.6 mi
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip: 5.6 mi
- Drake House Museum: 6.0 mi
- The Conference House: 6.2 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 7.0 mi
- Krogh Beach: 7.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 8.3 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 8.8 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 8.9 mi
- Long Hill: 10.7 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 11.4 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Nook Hill: 12.0 mi
- Todt Hill: 12.0 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 6.0 mi
- Grove 4: 6.7 mi
- Grove 3B: 6.8 mi
- Grove 3A: 6.8 mi
- Open Grove: 6.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 12.3 mi
- Palisades: 19.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 21.6 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 21.7 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 21.7 mi
- Seele: 7.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 13.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 20.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 4.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.7 mi
- North Tower: 21.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 21.9 mi
- Barber: 4.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 7.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 8.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 327° | 341 m | 22.8 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 324° | 334 m | 22.1 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 338° | 295.7 m | 21.3 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 335° | 277 m | 22.3 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 332° | 274 m | 21.5 mi |
| Long Hill | NW 310° | 259 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NW 308° | 251 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Paul | NW 311° | 245 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/427497490
Day trips start here
- Woodbridge · 3 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Rahway · 4 mi
- Piscataway · 5 mi
- Clark · 6 mi
- Highland Park · 6 mi
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