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Boxwood Hall State Historic Site

Boxwood Hall State Historic Site from directly overhead

Boxwood Hall State Historic Site is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonnel House Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.66410, -74.20990
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 3.3 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 4.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 2.3 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Memorial to All Vietnam Veterans: 4.0 mi
  • O'Neill Point: 4.4 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Nook Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.6 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 3.9 mi
  • The Park: 4.4 mi
  • Freedom Field: 8.2 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Seele: 10.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Hawk Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 10.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.6 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Boxwood Hall State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 311°295.7 m19.6 mi
Union HillNW 309°277 m21.0 mi
Sheep HillNNW 330°276 m20.4 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 305°274 m20.7 mi
TourneNW 325°273 m20.9 mi
Waughaw MountainNNW 339°263 m21.0 mi
Mine MountainW 281°251 m21.1 mi
Mount CecchinoN 2°230 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort162 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel134 obs
  • White-tailed Deer117 obs
  • white snakeroot101 obs
  • white clover92 obs
  • greater plantain87 obs
  • ground-ivy86 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly85 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/763166761

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