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Columbus Park

Columbus Park from directly overhead

Columbus Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 39 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Youth League Complex, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
39 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.52872, -74.28765
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Youth League Complex: 0.4 mi
  • Bruce A. Turcotte Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dalton Park: 0.5 mi
  • William Warren Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • George Washington: 1.9 mi
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Middlesex County War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 3.1 mi
  • Victims of Terrorism Memorial: 3.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Sharrotts Shoreline: 2.4 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 3.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 3.4 mi
  • North Mount Loretto State Forest: 3.5 mi
  • Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 2.9 mi
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 3.7 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 4.0 mi
  • Studio Theater: 4.4 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 4.1 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 7.3 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 59
Picnic sites: 26
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.3 mi
  • Grove 4: 7.5 mi
  • Grove 3B: 7.6 mi
  • Grove 3A: 7.7 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Hawk Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Palisades: 19.6 mi
  • Palisades: 21.7 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seele: 11.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNNW 334°295.7 m24.6 mi
Trowbridge MountainNNW 329°274 m24.9 mi
Mine MountainNW 309°251 m21.3 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 322°243 m24.2 mi
Sugar LoafNW 323°229 m21.4 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 327°217 m21.1 mi
Mount KembleNW 323°215 m20.5 mi
Blachleys HillNW 319°204 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail30 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • Mourning Dove20 obs
  • eastern poison ivy19 obs
  • Blue Jay18 obs
  • Common Garter Snake18 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357720108

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