Carvel Island
Carvel Island is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 11 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi
- Richard A. Zachariae Recreation Center: 2.0 mi
- 4th Street Remembrance Park: 2.2 mi
- Beach Avenue Park: 4.7 mi
- Adventure Mini Golf: 6.4 mi
- Hang Ten: 8.9 mi
- Train: 8.9 mi
- Sea Dragon: 8.9 mi
- Giant Wheel: 8.9 mi
- Beach Haven West Bay Beach: 3.1 mi
- Little Beach: 3.7 mi
- Barnegat Light Bay Beach: 4.9 mi
- Shore Beach: 5.0 mi
- Bay beach: 6.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Massacre at Long Beach Island: 5.2 mi
- Early History of Beach Haven: 9.4 mi
- Chief Pohatcong Monument: 11.1 mi
- Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 13.8 mi
- Old Stone Store: 5.0 mi
- Barnegat Light Museum & Edith Gwinn Gardens: 6.1 mi
- New Jersey Maritime Museum: 9.2 mi
- Long Beach Island Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
- Lacey Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Lochiel Creek County Park: 6.8 mi
- Westecunk Creek Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Eagleswood Pine Plains: 8.9 mi
- Westecunk Pine Plains: 9.9 mi
- Clam Cove Reserve: 10.8 mi
- East Mountain: 12.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 13.0 mi
- Forked River Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 16.4 mi
- Bear Swamp Hill: 16.5 mi
- Stafford Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Children's Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- Galloway Township Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Welcome to Ocean County: 19.2 mi
- Sea Wall Sculpture: 21.5 mi
- Turtle (Murtle) statue: 24.9 mi
- Barnegat Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Island Beach: 11.1 mi
- Covered Bridge: 20.5 mi
- Pakim Pond Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carvel Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forked River Mountain | NNW 329° | 56 m | 13.0 mi |
| Apple Pie Hill | WNW 291° | 56 m | 23.9 mi |
| East Mountain | NNW 330° | 55 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 327° | 54 m | 13.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | WNW 292° | 52 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bear Swamp Hill | WNW 286° | 48 m | 16.5 mi |
| Jemima Mount | W 274° | 31 m | 24.0 mi |
| Stormy Hill | W 279° | 22 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:53 | 16:36 |
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 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, 9 mi away.
- American Herring Gull19 obs
- Laughing Gull15 obs
- Diamondback Terrapin14 obs
- Snowy Egret11 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab10 obs
- Monarch9 obs
- Osprey9 obs
- Sanderling8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/28456573
Day trips start here
- Atlantic City · 26 mi
- Ventnor City · 29 mi
- Burlington County · 30 mi
- Jackson Township · 30 mi
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