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Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park from directly overhead

Bicentennial Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is North Brunswick Township Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.43733, -74.45904

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 1.4 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Country Lane Park: 2.5 mi
  • Tices Lane Park: 2.7 mi
  • Frost Woods Park: 3.8 mi
  • Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 5.1 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 23
  • Grove 2: 3.9 mi
  • Grove 1: 3.9 mi
  • Open Grove: 3.9 mi
  • Grove 3A: 4.0 mi
  • Grove 3B: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 22
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Seele: 16.2 mi
  • Gold Run: 22.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainWNW 300°254 m22.2 mi
Mine MountainNNW 339°251 m21.1 mi
Mount PaulNNW 336°245 m24.7 mi
Sugar LoafN 351°229 m23.8 mi
Gillespie HillN 354°217 m24.1 mi
Mount KembleN 352°215 m23.0 mi
Blachleys HillNNW 348°204 m22.5 mi
Round MountainWNW 294°186 m22.1 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 solstice07:1815:5216:35

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, 3 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk234 obs
  • Canada Goose198 obs
  • Great Blue Heron144 obs
  • White-tailed Deer94 obs
  • American sweetgum93 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly92 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush90 obs
  • American Bullfrog88 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/357737586

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