Park · New Jersey
Carteret Park
Carteret Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is John St. Soccer Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57969, -74.22949
- 19.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.8 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- John St. Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
- Carteret Waterfront Park: 1.0 mi
- Carteret Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Joseph Medwick Park: 1.5 mi
- Anything for Princess!: 1.9 mi
Artworks
- Carteret Lighthouse: 1.0 mi
- Girl Power: 3.1 mi
- Grace: 3.1 mi
- Valley of the Sunrise: 3.1 mi
- Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- 911 Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Freed Slave Graveyard: 2.5 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.0 mi
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 4.1 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Island of Meadows: 1.3 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 1.7 mi
- Neck Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Neck Creek Bluebelt: 2.3 mi
- Pralls Island: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 1.7 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 4.1 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 4.7 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 4.9 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 4.9 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly garden: 1.8 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 2.8 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.0 mi
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 5.6 mi
- Joe Holzka Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Museums
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Transportation Museum: 4.5 mi
- Seguine Mansion: 4.8 mi
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: 4.8 mi
Beaches
- Huguenot Beach: 4.9 mi
- Annadale Beach: 5.0 mi
- Krogh Beach: 5.3 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 5.5 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 6.6 mi
Peaks
- Todt Hill: 6.2 mi
- Emerson Hill: 7.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.9 mi
- Park Hill: 8.3 mi
- Fox Hills: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 28
- Linden Airport mini-park: 2.5 mi
- The Park: 10.1 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 11.8 mi
- Palisades: 14.9 mi
- Palisades: 17.1 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 19.4 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Seele: 10.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 12.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 12.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
- North Tower: 18.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 2.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 2.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 3.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 10.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 13.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Carteret Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 324° | 295.7 m | 23.2 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 318° | 274 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mine Mountain | WNW 297° | 251 m | 22.0 mi |
| Blueberry Ridge | NW 311° | 243 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NW 311° | 229 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 314° | 217 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 310° | 215 m | 20.0 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | NW 306° | 204 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 8 mi away.
- American Bullfrog44 obs
- groundsel tree43 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
- common reed30 obs
- Canada Goose24 obs
- Painted Turtle24 obs
- Pond Slider24 obs
- American Robin23 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 way/39681120
Day trips start here
- Linden · 3 mi
- Rahway · 3 mi
- Woodbridge · 3 mi
- Staten Island · 4 mi
- Perth Amboy · 5 mi
- Clark · 6 mi
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