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Babbage Park

Babbage Park from directly overhead

Babbage Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Seward Hill stands 289 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47103, -74.45599

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Columbus Park: 0.3 mi
  • Baker Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hermann Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Stadium: 0.7 mi
  • David B. Crabiel Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Resurrection Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 2.4 mi
  • North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Tices Lane Park: 2.7 mi
  • Country Lane Park: 3.0 mi
  • Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 4.1 mi
  • Frost Woods Park: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Grove 1: 1.9 mi
  • Grove 2: 1.9 mi
  • Open Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Grove 3A: 2.1 mi
  • Grove 3B: 2.1 mi
Beaches: 22
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Seele: 13.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Gold Run: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Seward HillNNW 332°289 m24.7 mi
Hell MountainNW 310°288 m23.7 mi
Long HillNNW 332°259 m23.1 mi
Cushetunk MountainWNW 295°254 m21.3 mi
Mine MountainNNW 336°251 m19.0 mi
Mount PaulNNW 334°245 m22.7 mi
Blueberry RidgeNNW 345°243 m23.9 mi
Sugar LoafN 349°229 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 2 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk289 obs
  • Canada Goose279 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly263 obs
  • common mugwort251 obs
  • American pokeweed247 obs
  • American Robin225 obs
  • common dandelion209 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle209 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/40367979

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