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Baldwin State Park

Baldwin State Park from directly overhead

Baldwin State Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennington Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
61 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34011, -74.80933

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Nelson House: 4.3 mi
  • Lake Ceva Pavilion: 4.9 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Hayride: 7.1 mi
  • House 6: 7.1 mi
  • Houe 8: 7.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 47
  • Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve: 7.1 mi
  • Birch Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Serenity Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Prospect Street Garden: 8.0 mi
  • West End Community Garden: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 40
Picnic sites: 19
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 4.7 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.2 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainWNW 296°295 m23.9 mi
Musconetcong MountainNNW 334°289 m24.4 mi
Hell MountainN 1°288 m24.2 mi
Cushetunk MountainN 357°254 m17.9 mi
North MountainWNW 297°251 m24.9 mi
Coffman HillNW 309°249 m23.3 mi
Gravel HillNW 315°243 m24.4 mi
Round MountainN 353°186 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526171767467554535
Precip in3.62.74.43.63.54.64.84.34.14.03.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ewing 3 WNW, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch30 obs
  • bloodroot24 obs
  • lesser celandine22 obs
  • wineberry21 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle20 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs
  • sensitive fern18 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 node/357736764

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