Central Park
Central Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Brook Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 22.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Brook Park: 0.5 mi
- Town Square Park: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
- Bee Meadow Park: 1.6 mi
- Normandy Park: 1.7 mi
- Parson Green's Mill: 0.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Veterans' Memoiral: 1.5 mi
- War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Antique Fire Wagon: 1.6 mi
- Whippany Railway Museum: 1.3 mi
- Imagine That!!!: 2.0 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse: 2.1 mi
- Morris Museum: 3.5 mi
- Frelinghuysen Mansion: 3.6 mi
- Black Meadows Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Black Meadows Preserve: 2.2 mi
- West Essex Park: 2.4 mi
- Black Meadows Preserve: 2.4 mi
- West Essex Park: 2.8 mi
- Christopher Columbus Statue: 1.6 mi
- Courage and Compassion: 3.1 mi
- Mutual Support: 3.5 mi
- Lunch Break: 3.5 mi
- No Turning Back: 3.5 mi
- Courtyard 2: 2.3 mi
- Courtyard 1: 2.3 mi
- Courtyard 3: 2.3 mi
- Courtyard 4: 2.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Riker Hill: 3.3 mi
- Horse Hill: 3.7 mi
- Kinneys Hill: 5.5 mi
- Watnong Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Kemble Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Island Beach: 5.6 mi
- Birchwood Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
- Flamingo: 6.7 mi
- Indian Lake Main Beach: 7.0 mi
- Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 7.0 mi
- Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.4 mi
- Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.4 mi
- Prairie Dog: 6.7 mi
- Great Plains: 6.7 mi
- Bear Country: 6.7 mi
- Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Mendham Overlook Area: 8.2 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Boonton Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 7.1 mi
- Seele: 10.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hawk Hill: 7.0 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 9.5 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 9.8 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 9.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.5 mi
- New City Village: 13.8 mi
- Waterloo Village: 20.3 mi
- Barber: 21.1 mi
- Monksville: 21.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 6.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 6.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Pond Mountain | NW 322° | 393 m | 13.0 mi |
| Copperas Mountain | NNW 344° | 373 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Arlington | WNW 298° | 371 m | 14.2 mi |
| Kanouse Mountain | N 354° | 361 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mase Mountain | NW 313° | 359 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cobb Hill | NNW 342° | 358 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Arlington | WNW 301° | 344 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Freedom | W 278° | 341 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 5 mi away.
- American wintergreen60 obs
- Beech Leaf Disease44 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
- Bull Thistle14 obs
- wineberry13 obs
- White-tailed Deer12 obs
- Ghost Pipe12 obs
- American Robin11 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/357741666
Day trips start here
- East Hanover · 1 mi
- Parsippany · 3 mi
- Madison · 4 mi
- Chatham · 5 mi
- Morristown · 5 mi
- Boonton · 6 mi
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