Columbia Park
Columbia Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Park: 0.4 mi
- Mervin F. Alexander Park: 0.5 mi
- McCoy Park: 0.7 mi
- Gavornick Pick: 0.7 mi
- Morecraft Park: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Cannon 02: 4.1 mi
- Battle of Bound Brook Monument: 4.1 mi
- Drake House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Abraham Staats House: 4.3 mi
- Eagles Nest Museum: 5.1 mi
- Van Horne House: 5.3 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 6.9 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 7.1 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.1 mi
- Courtyard: 7.8 mi
- George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 3.5 mi
- Stransky Nature Trails: 3.7 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Glenhurst Meadows: 5.1 mi
- Life Forms: 4.6 mi
- Signal: 4.6 mi
- Quaternion I: 4.7 mi
- Quaternion II: 4.7 mi
- Split and Twisted: 4.7 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 4.9 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Long Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mine Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 12.1 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 5.4 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 6.6 mi
- Devil's Tree: 7.1 mi
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 9.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 9.8 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 13.2 mi
- Krogh Beach: 13.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 13.8 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 14.4 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
- Grove 1: 7.2 mi
- Grove 2: 7.2 mi
- Grove 4: 7.3 mi
- Hawk Hill: 13.0 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 22.7 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 22.8 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 22.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.3 mi
- Seele: 6.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.1 mi
- Hobble Falls: 14.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 5.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 7.3 mi
- Barber: 11.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 14.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Columbia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 340° | 341 m | 18.3 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 337° | 334 m | 17.4 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 298° | 314 m | 20.7 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 354° | 295.7 m | 17.9 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 320° | 289 m | 17.7 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 291° | 288 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 324° | 287 m | 19.9 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 341° | 283 m | 21.5 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 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 3 mi away.
- eastern poison ivy39 obs
- common mugwort35 obs
- garlic mustard34 obs
- Japanese barberry34 obs
- Japanese knotweed34 obs
- White-tailed Deer31 obs
- white clover31 obs
- ground-ivy31 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/39835666
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 6 mi
- Scotch Plains · 6 mi
- Long Hill · 7 mi
- New Brunswick · 7 mi
- Piscataway · 7 mi
- Somerset · 7 mi
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