Park · New Jersey
Edison State Park
Edison State Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Edison Memorial Tower, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.56210, -74.34004
- 13.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Edison Memorial Tower: 0.1 mi
- Pyramid Of Iselin: 0.6 mi
- Middlesex County War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Freedom Plaza: 1.9 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.4 mi
Museums
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 0.1 mi
- Proprietary House: 5.5 mi
- Kearny Cottage Museum: 5.5 mi
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip: 5.6 mi
- Drake House Museum: 6.0 mi
Parks
- Roosevelt Park: 1.1 mi
- Cooper Avenue Playground: 1.2 mi
- Oakland Park: 1.3 mi
- Woodwild Park: 1.3 mi
- Oak Tree Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 1.5 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 1.8 mi
- Studio Theater: 4.2 mi
- Finding a Way in This World: 5.5 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 3.7 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 4.5 mi
- Sharrotts Shoreline: 5.4 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 5.6 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 4.1 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 6.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 6.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 6.4 mi
- The South Pole: 6.5 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly garden: 4.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 4.8 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 5.0 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 6.4 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 7.3 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 10.8 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 11.4 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Todt Hill: 12.1 mi
- Nook Hill: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 59
- Robinsons Beach: 6.9 mi
- Krogh Beach: 7.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 8.2 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 8.7 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Linden Airport mini-park: 6.1 mi
- Grove 4: 6.6 mi
- Grove 3B: 6.7 mi
- Grove 3A: 6.7 mi
- Open Grove: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Seele: 8.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 13.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Hawk Hill: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 20.0 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 21.7 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 4.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- North Tower: 21.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 4.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 7.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 8.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 13.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Edison State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 327° | 341 m | 22.9 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 325° | 334 m | 22.2 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 338° | 295.7 m | 21.4 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 335° | 277 m | 22.4 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 332° | 274 m | 21.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NW 310° | 259 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NW 309° | 251 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Paul | NW 311° | 245 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 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 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 4 mi away.
- Mallard59 obs
- White-tailed Deer47 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
- American Robin30 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant25 obs
- House Sparrow24 obs
- garlic mustard24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/427497493
Day trips start here
- Woodbridge · 3 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Rahway · 4 mi
- Perth Amboy · 5 mi
- Piscataway · 5 mi
- Clark · 6 mi
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