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Natirar Park

Natirar Park from directly overhead

Natirar Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Far Hills Fair Grounds, a park 1.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Somerset County Park Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70224, -74.64356

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Far Hills Fair Grounds: 1.2 mi
  • Liberty Park: 1.3 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.6 mi
  • Tot Lot: 2.7 mi
  • Willowwood Arboretum: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 2.5 mi
  • The Mahan Collection: 5.4 mi
  • The Farmstead Arts Center: 6.7 mi
  • Tunis-Ellicks House: 8.3 mi
  • Firemen's Museuem: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Ivana Trump: 4.3 mi
  • Bockoven Sawmill: 6.0 mi
  • Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
  • Bettin Oak Monument: 6.9 mi
  • Lewis Forge Site: 7.0 mi
Gardens
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • Abby Garden: 8.1 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 10.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 59
Picnic sites: 19
  • Grove Street Park: 6.2 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 7.8 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 12.5 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Mine Hill Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Natirar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainNNE 16°393 m19.0 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW 333°377 m17.4 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNW 310°375 m14.9 mi
Mount ArlingtonN 3°371 m14.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNW 318°364 m11.8 mi
Mase MountainN 10°359 m17.8 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 300°355 m15.7 mi
Lookout MountainN 357°355 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340516170757366544435
Precip in3.22.23.93.63.54.24.95.23.83.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • marginal wood fern44 obs
  • Christmas fern37 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • American sycamore21 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease18 obs
  • Common Merganser17 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle16 obs
  • garlic mustard16 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/469083646

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