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Elmer B Boyd Park

Elmer B Boyd Park from directly overhead

Elmer B Boyd Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Calais Mountain stands 334 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Resurrection Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1999
Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.49218, -74.43665

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Resurrection Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 1.4 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Liberty Square Park: 0.3 mi
  • Monument Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kilmer Square Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pittman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Donaldson Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Tices Lane Park: 3.1 mi
  • Country Lane Park: 3.6 mi
  • Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 5.0 mi
  • Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 29
Picnic sites: 22
  • Grove 1: 0.4 mi
  • Grove 2: 0.5 mi
  • Open Grove: 0.6 mi
  • Grove 3A: 0.7 mi
  • Grove 3B: 0.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calais MountainNNW 341°334 m24.2 mi
Watnong MountainN 353°295.7 m24.8 mi
Seward HillNNW 328°289 m23.9 mi
Hell MountainNW 306°288 m23.6 mi
Trowbridge MountainNNW 348°274 m24.4 mi
Long HillNNW 328°259 m22.3 mi
Cushetunk MountainWNW 290°254 m21.7 mi
Mine MountainNNW 331°251 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly399 obs
  • common mugwort363 obs
  • American pokeweed339 obs
  • American Robin337 obs
  • White-tailed Deer323 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle310 obs
  • eastern poison ivy262 obs
  • Canada Goose255 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 way/39680709

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