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Gardner Field

Gardner Field from directly overhead

Gardner Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Dr Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
154 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89788, -74.48460

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Denville Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • BHS Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 6.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Denville's Beacon: 1.3 mi
  • Susan Skovronek: 2.4 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Boonton Iron Works Blast Furnace Ruins: 3.7 mi
  • September 11th, 2001 Memorial: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Cliffs: 55
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.1 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 14.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.6 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 48
Picnic sites: 20
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boonton Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 12.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 14.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Gardner Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNW 331°425 m9.7 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 336°420 m8.3 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 327°393 m5.7 mi
Buck MountainNNE 31°378 m13.0 mi
Copperas MountainN 7°373 m8.2 mi
Mount ArlingtonW 279°371 m7.6 mi
Mount PaulNNW 344°368 m10.4 mi
Kanouse MountainNNE 18°361 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 5 mi away.

  • eastern white pine37 obs
  • striped wintergreen35 obs
  • American wintergreen24 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • garlic mustard16 obs
  • sassafras14 obs
  • Japanese barberry14 obs
  • partridgeberry13 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 node/357741671

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