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Daley's Pond Recreation Area

Daley's Pond Recreation Area from directly overhead

Daley's Pond Recreation Area is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacer's Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45201, -74.38661

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • South River Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Peaks: 39
Beaches: 33
Picnic sites: 22
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 1.4 mi
  • Grove 4: 3.2 mi
  • Grove 3B: 3.2 mi
  • Grove 3A: 3.2 mi
  • Open Grove: 3.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Seele: 14.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Daley's Pond Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNNW 328°251 m21.9 mi
Sugar LoafNNW 341°229 m23.7 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 344°217 m23.8 mi
Mount KembleNNW 342°215 m22.9 mi
Blachleys HillNNW 338°204 m22.6 mi
Kinneys HillNNW 347°180 m24.2 mi
Mount Saint JohnNW 324°179 m24.0 mi
Mayapple HillNNE 13°175 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer26 obs
  • Fowler's Toad25 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • low pricklypear22 obs
  • Mourning Dove20 obs
  • American Robin20 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/320789376

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