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Dorsett Park

Dorsett Park from directly overhead

Dorsett Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Parterre (Rose Garden), a garden 0.8 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 23 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
18 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.40205, -74.13403

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Parterre (Rose Garden): 0.8 mi
  • Japanese Themed Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Bonsai Display: 0.9 mi
  • Display Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Composting Demo: 0.9 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
  • Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center: 2.3 mi
  • Holmes Hendrickson House: 3.2 mi
  • Longstreet Farm Vistior Center & Farm Entrance: 3.5 mi
  • Keyport Fire Museum and Education Center: 4.3 mi
  • Keyport Historical Society: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks: 33
Picnic sites: 23
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 15.2 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 15.7 mi
  • Grove 4: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Seele: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Palisades: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillN 4°125 m13.7 mi
Crawford HillWSW 256°120 m2.8 mi
Pine HillSW 232°110 m18.7 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 256°106 m2.1 mi
Tenmile Run MountainW 274°92 m24.5 mi
Nook HillNNW 338°92 m24.8 mi
Beacon HillWSW 249°82 m5.1 mi
Throck Morton HillSSW 193°81 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526171767467564637
Precip in3.93.14.23.83.84.44.74.14.24.13.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail34 obs
  • Monarch25 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper23 obs
  • garlic mustard22 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail21 obs
  • American Robin20 obs
  • American tuliptree20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 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 node/357739134

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