Park · New Jersey
Columbus Park
Columbus Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Quibbletown Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.58087, -74.44711
- 8.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Quibbletown Park: 0.6 mi
- Pond Park Gazebo: 0.7 mi
- Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- Walnut Park: 0.7 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Cannon 02: 4.3 mi
- Battle of Bound Brook Monument: 4.3 mi
Museums
- Drake House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Abraham Staats House: 4.4 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Eagles Nest Museum: 5.6 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 5.6 mi
Gardens
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.5 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 6.3 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 6.4 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 6.8 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 3.3 mi
- George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 4.4 mi
- Stransky Nature Trails: 4.6 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 4.8 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 5.6 mi
Artworks
- Signal: 4.0 mi
- Life Forms: 4.0 mi
- Finding a Way in This World: 4.0 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 4.0 mi
- Education Is an Open Book: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 4.9 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 5.7 mi
- Devil's Tree: 7.9 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 8.9 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 9.0 mi
Peaks
- Second Watchung Mountain: 5.6 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Long Hill: 8.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 11.7 mi
- Mine Mountain: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 32
- Robinsons Beach: 12.4 mi
- Krogh Beach: 12.7 mi
- Paul's Beach: 13.0 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 13.5 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Grove 1: 6.4 mi
- Grove 2: 6.4 mi
- Grove 4: 6.5 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 6.5 mi
- Open Grove: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Hawk Hill: 13.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 23.0 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 23.1 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 23.1 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.8 mi
- Seele: 6.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.4 mi
- Hobble Falls: 14.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 9.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 9.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 4.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 7.6 mi
- Barber: 10.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 24.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 14.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Columbus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 339° | 341 m | 19.2 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 337° | 334 m | 18.3 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 299° | 314 m | 21.5 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 353° | 295.7 m | 18.7 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 320° | 289 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 292° | 288 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 324° | 287 m | 20.7 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 340° | 283 m | 22.3 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 | 19:51 | 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.
- Spotted Salamander27 obs
- common mugwort27 obs
- Japanese knotweed25 obs
- Mallard21 obs
- White-tailed Deer21 obs
- Green Frog20 obs
- eastern poison ivy19 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly18 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/40164727
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 6 mi
- New Brunswick · 6 mi
- Piscataway · 6 mi
- Scotch Plains · 6 mi
- Somerset · 6 mi
- Edison · 7 mi
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