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Edison Acres Park

Edison Acres Park from directly overhead

Edison Acres Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 336 m. Wawayanda Mountain stands 448 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Edison Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
336 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.04990, -74.55520

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edison Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sparta Glen Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hilltop Park: 3.4 mi
  • Station Park: 3.7 mi
  • Dogwood Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Frying Pan Trees: 4.0 mi
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 4.5 mi
  • Zoom Ziplines at Mountain Creek: 9.5 mi
  • Cave Tunnel: 9.5 mi
  • Surf Hill: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 60
  • Founder's Park: 10.1 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 12.2 mi
  • BHS Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 58
Museums: 57
Cliffs: 57
  • Eagle Cliff: 10.8 mi
  • Pike Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 21.1 mi
  • Party Wall: 21.1 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 55
  • New Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Old Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Heater's Pond Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Tamarack Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Beach 1: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Otter Hole: 10.7 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Tillman Falls: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 12.0 mi
  • Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 14.9 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 18.6 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 22.7 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 22.8 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 24.4 mi
Springs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Edison Acres Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wawayanda MountainNNE 27°448 m11.4 mi
Granite PeakNNE 15°445 m9.1 mi
Bearfort MountainNE 54°445 m10.5 mi
South PeakNNE 12°440 m8.1 mi
Hamburg MountainN 11°433 m6.9 mi
Vernon PeakNNE 17°427 m9.4 mi
Morris County High PointSSW 207°425 m2.3 mi
Bowling Green MountainS 175°420 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5320:35
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727064524233
Precip in4.13.24.54.24.04.94.64.34.95.03.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotteburg Rsvr, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Japanese barberry97 obs
  • striped wintergreen84 obs
  • Christmas fern78 obs
  • partridgeberry78 obs
  • sassafras67 obs
  • wild sarsaparilla49 obs
  • Red Clover46 obs
  • Pickerel Frog45 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357733138

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