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Delaware and Raritan State Park

Delaware and Raritan State Park from directly overhead

Delaware and Raritan State Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Fox Hill stands 314 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Panicaro Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway runs past it. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41177, -74.63432

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Panicaro Park: 0.9 mi
  • Van Horne Park: 1.1 mi
  • Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.7 mi
  • Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens: 45
Peaks: 41
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Grove 1: 12.0 mi
  • Grove 2: 12.1 mi
  • Open Grove: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Washington's Rock: 16.7 mi
  • Old Quarry: 16.8 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 23.0 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fox HillNNW 338°314 m23.9 mi
Mount KippNW 322°289 m24.7 mi
Hell MountainNNW 335°288 m21.2 mi
Long HillN 356°259 m24.5 mi
Cushetunk MountainNW 322°254 m16.3 mi
Mine MountainN 4°251 m21.5 mi
Mount PaulN 358°245 m24.4 mi
Blachleys HillN 11°204 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2919:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.83.04.34.04.44.75.54.34.54.43.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wertsville 4 NE, 8 mi away.

  • common mugwort26 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • wineberry19 obs
  • box elder18 obs
  • common milkweed17 obs
  • lesser celandine17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty16 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357736644

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