Bissett's Recreation Area
Bissett's Recreation Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Grekoski Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 26.3 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grekoski Park: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Park Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Sheinfine Park: 0.7 mi
- Causeway Park: 1.0 mi
- Lenape Park: 1.3 mi
- South River Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- East Brunswick Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 4.5 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 5.2 mi
- George Diffin Park: 1.3 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Brick Water Tower: 2.0 mi
- Reading Room: 2.1 mi
- Sayreville United Methodist Chruch: 2.1 mi
- Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Keystone Park: 1.9 mi
- Mannino Park: 2.5 mi
- Country Lane Park: 2.5 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 2.6 mi
- East Brunswick Museum: 1.7 mi
- Sayreville Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 5.7 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 5.9 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 5.9 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 2.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 2.1 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 2.2 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 5.0 mi
- The South Pole: 7.1 mi
- Peace on Earth: 3.3 mi
- Schuchardt's Holiday House: 4.4 mi
- Rising: 4.4 mi
- Studio Theater: 4.4 mi
- Spiral Field: 4.6 mi
- Beacon Hill: 8.6 mi
- Crawford Hill: 10.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 10.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 10.6 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
- Paul's Beach: 5.9 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 6.3 mi
- Seidler Beach: 6.9 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 7.1 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Grove 4: 4.5 mi
- Grove 3B: 4.5 mi
- Grove 3A: 4.5 mi
- Open Grove: 4.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 9.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 9.7 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 10.6 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 23.0 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- North Tower: 20.1 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 20.1 mi
- Power House: 20.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.2 mi
- Seele: 15.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 21.7 mi
- Hobble Falls: 21.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 7.1 mi
- Barber: 8.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 20.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bissett's Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Mountain | NNW 327° | 251 m | 23.1 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NNW 339° | 229 m | 24.8 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NNW 342° | 217 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NNW 340° | 215 m | 23.9 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | NNW 336° | 204 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | N 10° | 175 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | W 275° | 171 m | 19.1 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NW 319° | 168 m | 14.8 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 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| 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.
- Fowler's Toad128 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander62 obs
- Green Frog55 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth26 obs
- low pricklypear25 obs
- shining sumac22 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush20 obs
- common mugwort19 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/357737590
Day trips start here
- Middlesex County · 2 mi
- East Brunswick · 3 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Old Bridge · 4 mi
- Piscataway · 4 mi
- Highland Park · 5 mi
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