Kunkel Park
Kunkel Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Hell Mountain stands 288 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn View Heights Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 48 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennington Borough
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 5 mi
- South Overlook · 8 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 9 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Penn View Heights Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Thompson Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Woolsey Park: 2.6 mi
- Mount Rose Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Old Mill Road County Park: 0.7 mi
- Curlis Lake County Park: 0.8 mi
- Mercer Meadows County Park - Equestrian District: 0.8 mi
- Sked Street Mini Park: 1.2 mi
- Rosedale Park: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Grove Farm Store Cheese Wedge Sign: 3.8 mi
- The Awakening: 3.8 mi
- Golden Spiral: 4.2 mi
- Building Up: 4.2 mi
- SOLARIAN: 4.4 mi
- John Hart Monument: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Washington and His Army Crossed the Delaware: 5.2 mi
- NJDOT: 5.2 mi
- Washington Crossed the Delaware: 5.4 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 4.1 mi
- Nelson House: 5.2 mi
- Fuld Hall: 5.9 mi
- Pond dialogue: 5.9 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 6.3 mi
- Hopewell Museum: 4.1 mi
- The Sarnoff Collection: 4.3 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 5.3 mi
- Morven Museum: 6.1 mi
- Trenton City Museum/ Ellarslie Museum: 6.6 mi
- Birch Garden: 5.9 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Serenity Garden: 7.2 mi
- Prospect Street Garden: 7.2 mi
- West End Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Pennington Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Rose: 3.9 mi
- Mount Canoe: 4.0 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 6.1 mi
- Alumni Grove: 4.3 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 5.7 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.1 mi
- Shaded Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Gold Run: 5.7 mi
- High Falls: 14.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.1 mi
- High Falls: 24.1 mi
- Old Quarry: 8.5 mi
- Washington's Rock: 8.6 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 17.4 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 18.2 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 13.3 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 13.4 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Kerr Spring: 17.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kunkel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hell Mountain | N 357° | 288 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | N 353° | 254 m | 18.5 mi |
| Coffman Hill | NW 308° | 249 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 348° | 186 m | 16.6 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | W 280° | 174 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NNE 17° | 171 m | 9.7 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NNE 33° | 168 m | 22.3 mi |
| Round Top | N 1° | 162 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 4 mi away.
- Monarch86 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty54 obs
- Black Swallowtail50 obs
- lesser celandine46 obs
- common milkweed44 obs
- multiflora rose40 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle39 obs
- autumn olive39 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/956673663
Day trips start here
- Ewing · 5 mi
- Titusville · 5 mi
- Washington Crossing Historical Park · 5 mi
- Mercer County · 6 mi
- Princeton · 7 mi
- Yardley · 7 mi
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