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Fords Park

Fords Park from directly overhead

Fords Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Howell Ave Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates40.53774, -74.30136
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howell Ave Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bruce A. Turcotte Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • William Warren Park: 0.8 mi
  • Columbus Park: 1.0 mi
  • Dalton Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Middlesex County War Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 2.1 mi
  • Edison Memorial Tower: 2.6 mi
  • George Washington: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 2.1 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 3.1 mi
  • Studio Theater: 4.1 mi
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 4.6 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Sharrotts Shoreline: 3.1 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 3.9 mi
  • Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 4.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 4.2 mi
  • North Mount Loretto State Forest: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 3.9 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 7.5 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 58
Picnic sites: 26
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.0 mi
  • Grove 4: 7.1 mi
  • Grove 3B: 7.2 mi
  • Grove 3A: 7.3 mi
  • Open Grove: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Hawk Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Palisades: 19.6 mi
  • Palisades: 21.7 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Seele: 10.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Fords Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNNW 335°295.7 m23.7 mi
Trowbridge MountainNNW 330°274 m24.0 mi
Long HillNW 310°259 m24.7 mi
Mine MountainNW 309°251 m20.4 mi
Mount PaulNW 311°245 m24.1 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 323°243 m23.3 mi
Sugar LoafNW 324°229 m20.5 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 327°217 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail41 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly35 obs
  • Blue Jay26 obs
  • European Starling25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • Mourning Dove21 obs
  • Turkey Vulture21 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 way/39681062

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