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Glen Cedars

Glen Cedars from directly overhead

Glen Cedars is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the west-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is William Hebrew Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 21 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.87095, -74.17097

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • USS Randolph Anchor: 5.7 mi
  • Jump Island Water Park: 7.0 mi
  • Go-Karts: 7.2 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 7.3 mi
  • The Dancing Crab: 10.8 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 22
  • Massacre at Long Beach Island: 9.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Angel in Anguish-9/11 Monument: 13.3 mi
  • Hindenburg Disaster Memorial: 13.7 mi
  • Brooksbrae/Pasadena Terracotta Factory: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Amherst Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Bathing Beach Number 1: 4.7 mi
  • Bathing Beach Number 2: 4.7 mi
  • Beachwood Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Island Beach: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Peaks: 9
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 3
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 6.5 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 22.7 mi
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainWSW 256°56 m6.7 mi
Apple Pie HillW 259°56 m22.6 mi
East MountainWSW 256°55 m6.5 mi
Pine HillWSW 255°54 m7.1 mi
Spring HillWSW 246°52 m16.5 mi
Bear Swamp HillWSW 242°48 m17.6 mi
Taylors MountainWNW 300°45 m23.0 mi
Stony HillN 354°40 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2919:4920:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1515:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340506069757365544437
Precip in4.43.24.93.83.63.94.55.04.74.53.75.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toms River, 6 mi away.

  • Mute Swan10 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly9 obs
  • common milkweed8 obs
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Common Box Turtle7 obs
  • Southern Black Widow7 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab7 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/357717329

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