Park · New Jersey
Baird Field
Baird Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Finding a Way in This World, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.52344, -74.42626
- 8.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 29 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 30 mi
- South Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Finding a Way in This World: 0.3 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 0.3 mi
- Calligraph KC III: 0.5 mi
- Education Is an Open Book: 0.6 mi
- Don Quixote with a Flower: 0.6 mi
Parks
- Redbud Park: 0.7 mi
- Rutgers Ecological Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Ambrose Doty County Park: 1.0 mi
- Central Avenue Park: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
- Highland Park Doughboy: 1.6 mi
- Mason Gross Memorial: 1.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Gray Terrace: 2.0 mi
Museums
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 1.8 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 2.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 2.4 mi
- Abraham Staats House: 5.3 mi
Gardens
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 2.2 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 2.5 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 3.4 mi
- South River Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 5.7 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 2.3 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 2.7 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 5.1 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 5.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 5.0 mi
- Country Lane Park: 5.6 mi
- Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 6.1 mi
- Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 6.3 mi
Peaks
- First Watchung Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.3 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Long Hill: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 29
- Paul's Beach: 9.9 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 10.1 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 10.1 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 10.5 mi
- Krogh Beach: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Grove 1: 2.4 mi
- Grove 4: 2.4 mi
- Grove 2: 2.4 mi
- Grove 3A: 2.4 mi
- Open Grove: 2.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- North Tower: 24.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 24.8 mi
- Power House: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.1 mi
- Seele: 10.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 17.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 17.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 8.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.9 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 14.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 2.0 mi
- Barber: 8.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Hawk Hill: 16.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Baird Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 340° | 341 m | 23.3 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 338° | 334 m | 22.4 mi |
| Fox Hill | NW 306° | 314 m | 24.6 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 351° | 295.7 m | 22.8 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 324° | 289 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 300° | 288 m | 22.9 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 348° | 277 m | 23.5 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 346° | 274 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 4 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer122 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty122 obs
- wineberry120 obs
- common mugwort117 obs
- garlic mustard114 obs
- multiflora rose103 obs
- Canada Goose95 obs
- white snakeroot94 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 node/357718224
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 2 mi
- Piscataway · 2 mi
- New Brunswick · 3 mi
- Somerset · 3 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Middlesex County · 6 mi
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