Park · New Jersey
Farley Road Park
Farley Road Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 40 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.64288, -74.40293
- 13.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Farley Road Park: 0.0 mi
- Milton Campbell Field: 0.3 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Basin: 0.7 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Lawn: 0.8 mi
- Carriage House Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Scotch Plains Christopher Columbus Monument: 0.6 mi
- Old Mill Ruins: 1.5 mi
- Drake Farm House (#5a): 2.2 mi
- Drake Farm Barn (#5b): 2.2 mi
- Feltville Mill Site (#3): 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Fanwood Nature Center: 1.0 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 3.4 mi
- Glenhurst Meadows: 5.3 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 5.4 mi
- George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 5.6 mi
Museums
- Littel-Lord Farmstead: 2.2 mi
- Drake House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 3.1 mi
- Trailside Nature and Science Center: 3.3 mi
Gardens
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 3.4 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 6.4 mi
- Habitat: 7.0 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Artworks
- Color Field Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 4.1 mi
- Louie: 5.6 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 7.4 mi
- Curate: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 4.3 mi
- Nook Hill: 8.1 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 8.2 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Mount Kemble: 10.6 mi
Attractions
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 8.8 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 9.0 mi
- Devil's Tree: 9.5 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 9.7 mi
- African Adventure: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 41
- Flamingo: 10.7 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 13.2 mi
- Krogh Beach: 13.4 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 14.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 30
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 8.5 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Seele: 1.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 9.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 9.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 8.4 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 18.1 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 18.3 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 9.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 9.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 2.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.5 mi
- Barber: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 20.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 9.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Farley Road Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 326° | 341 m | 16.4 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 322° | 334 m | 15.7 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 342° | 295.7 m | 15.0 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 305° | 289 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hell Mountain | W 279° | 288 m | 21.2 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 310° | 287 m | 19.2 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 329° | 283 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | N 2° | 283 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 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer48 obs
- common mugwort48 obs
- eastern poison ivy41 obs
- Japanese honeysuckle40 obs
- American Robin37 obs
- American beech37 obs
- garlic mustard37 obs
- multiflora rose36 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357729955
Day trips start here
- Scotch Plains · 1 mi
- Clark · 5 mi
- Long Hill · 5 mi
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge · 6 mi
- Union County · 6 mi
- Chatham · 7 mi
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