Park · New Jersey
Dalton Park
Dalton Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pattern Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.51677, -74.28570
- 15.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pattern Center Park: 0.1 mi
- Washington Park: 0.4 mi
- Columbus Park: 0.8 mi
- Central Park: 1.0 mi
- Bay City Amphitheater Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- George Washington: 1.3 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 2.7 mi
- Victims of Terrorism Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Pellman Cottage: 3.4 mi
- Middlesex County War Memorial: 3.4 mi
Museums
- Proprietary House: 1.3 mi
- Kearny Cottage Museum: 1.3 mi
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip: 1.4 mi
- The Conference House: 1.9 mi
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- The South Pole: 2.3 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 4.6 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 4.6 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 4.8 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Sharrotts Shoreline: 2.6 mi
- Mill Creek Bluebelt: 2.8 mi
- Mill Creek Bluebelt: 3.3 mi
- North Mount Loretto State Forest: 3.3 mi
- Mount Loretto Unique Area: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 60
- Robinsons Beach: 2.9 mi
- Krogh Beach: 3.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 4.1 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 4.5 mi
- Seidler Beach: 5.0 mi
Artworks
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 3.3 mi
- Rev John C. Drumgoole: 3.4 mi
- Studio Theater: 4.3 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 4.3 mi
- Carteret Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly garden: 4.9 mi
- South River Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.2 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 7.8 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 56
- Crawford Hill: 10.1 mi
- Beacon Hill: 10.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 10.3 mi
- Todt Hill: 10.7 mi
- Emerson Hill: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.0 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.1 mi
- Grove 4: 7.4 mi
- Grove 3B: 7.5 mi
- Grove 3A: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Hawk Hill: 15.4 mi
- Palisades: 20.2 mi
- Palisades: 22.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 24.1 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Seele: 12.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 16.1 mi
- Hobble Falls: 16.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- North Tower: 17.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 17.8 mi
- Power House: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 3.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 3.1 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 1.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 12.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dalton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Mountain | NW 310° | 251 m | 21.9 mi |
| Blueberry Ridge | NW 323° | 243 m | 25.0 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NW 324° | 229 m | 22.1 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NNW 328° | 217 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 325° | 215 m | 21.2 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | NW 321° | 204 m | 21.5 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | NNW 331° | 180 m | 21.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | N 6° | 179 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- Common Garter Snake18 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake16 obs
- eastern poison ivy16 obs
- Mourning Dove15 obs
- American Herring Gull14 obs
- American sweetgum13 obs
- common reed13 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/357737626
Day trips start here
- Perth Amboy · 1 mi
- Edison · 3 mi
- Woodbridge · 3 mi
- Piscataway · 6 mi
- Rahway · 6 mi
- Highland Park · 8 mi
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