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Carson Road Woods

Carson Road Woods from directly overhead

Carson Road Woods is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Shipetauken Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Lawrence Township
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.33240, -74.70959

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Shipetauken Woods: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Rose Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Woodfield Reservation: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Rose Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Greenway Meadows: 1.5 mi
  • Marquand Park: 2.1 mi
  • Mercer Meadows County Park - Rosedale Park District: 2.2 mi
  • Farmview Fields: 2.2 mi
  • Mercer Meadows County Park - Pole Farm District: 2.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Cherry Grove Farm Store Cheese Wedge Sign: 1.7 mi
  • Scholar's Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Albert Einstein: 2.1 mi
  • New Piece: 2.2 mi
  • Slate Oasis: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens: 40
  • Birch Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 4.7 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 17
  • Alumni Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 9.2 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 12.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 20.7 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 23.5 mi
  • Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 342°254 m19.4 mi
Round MountainNNW 336°186 m17.7 mi
Plumstead HillW 278°174 m20.7 mi
Sourland MountainN 355°171 m9.3 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 24°168 m20.5 mi
Round TopN 352°162 m23.8 mi
Buckingham MountainW 266°158 m17.5 mi
Baldpate MountainW 269°146 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/956428889

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