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Alcyon Park

Alcyon Park from directly overhead

Alcyon Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Ebright Azimuth stands 137 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Betty Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 14 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.72953, -75.14459

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Betty Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walls School Field: 0.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.6 mi
  • Brown & Harmon Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Epworth Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Prof Statue: 1.7 mi
  • The Test of Time: 1.8 mi
  • Frame of Life: 1.9 mi
  • Prof Owl: 1.9 mi
  • Endeavor: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memoral Plaza: 2.5 mi
  • Corporal Steven Levy Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Firefighters' Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • William A. Harris Drinking Fountain: 4.2 mi
  • PFC Angelo Giacobbe Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Washington Lake Park Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Scotland Run Arboretum: 6.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Kendall Court Community Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Eastwick Community Garden: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 37
  • Ceres Park & Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Tall Pines State Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Almonesson Creek Park: 6.8 mi
  • Timber Creek Park: 8.4 mi
  • Stafford's Woods Disc Golf Course: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Outdoor Classroom: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Peaks: 20
Beaches: 4
  • Washington Lake Beach: 2.5 mi
  • First Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Deemer's Beach: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ebright AzimuthWNW 290°137 m21.2 mi
Chestnut HillN 352°136 m24.3 mi
Hunting HillNW 315°125 m22.7 mi
Sugarloaf HillN 350°102 m24.7 mi
Georges HillNNW 347°64 m18.1 mi
Pine HillENE 59°61 m9.3 mi
Blueberry HillNE 55°55 m11.8 mi
Stone MountainENE 66°50 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536272777569564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glassboro 2 NE, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Holly Leafminer125 obs
  • Phytomyza opacae114 obs
  • American holly113 obs
  • Canada Goose82 obs
  • American sweetgum82 obs
  • sassafras77 obs
  • American Robin72 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle70 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/40376235

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