Park · New Jersey
Green Forest Park
Green Forest Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenside Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 49 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.65371, -74.38904
- 14.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Greenside Playground: 0.3 mi
- Brunner Park: 0.6 mi
- Jerseyland Park: 0.7 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Lawn: 0.8 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Basin: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Scotch Plains Christopher Columbus Monument: 0.5 mi
- Old Mill Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Drake Farm House (#5a): 1.5 mi
- Drake Farm Barn (#5b): 1.5 mi
- Feltville Mill Site (#3): 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Fanwood Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 3.4 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 4.4 mi
- Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center: 5.2 mi
- Glenhurst Meadows: 5.9 mi
Museums
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 2.1 mi
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Littel-Lord Farmstead: 2.3 mi
- Trailside Nature and Science Center: 2.3 mi
- Drake House Museum: 3.6 mi
Gardens
- Tamaques Garden: 2.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 3.5 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 5.4 mi
- Habitat: 6.0 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Artworks
- Color Field Sculpture: 3.4 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 3.5 mi
- Louie: 4.6 mi
- Curate: 6.5 mi
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 7.9 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 4.0 mi
- Nook Hill: 7.1 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 9.8 mi
- Mount Kemble: 10.4 mi
Attractions
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 9.2 mi
- African Adventure: 9.6 mi
- Amazing Asia: 9.7 mi
- Australian Outback: 9.7 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 44
- Flamingo: 9.7 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 13.3 mi
- Krogh Beach: 13.4 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 14.3 mi
- Annadale Beach: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 8.1 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Seele: 1.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 8.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 8.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 7.4 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 17.1 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 17.2 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 17.2 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 9.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 9.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 1.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 10.5 mi
- Barber: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 8.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Green Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 323° | 341 m | 16.2 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 319° | 334 m | 15.6 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 338° | 295.7 m | 14.5 mi |
| Seward Hill | WNW 302° | 289 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hell Mountain | W 277° | 288 m | 21.8 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 307° | 287 m | 19.3 mi |
| Randall Hill | NW 326° | 283 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | N 0° | 283 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:50 | 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, 4 mi away.
- common mugwort84 obs
- wineberry83 obs
- American beech82 obs
- garlic mustard81 obs
- Japanese barberry80 obs
- eastern poison ivy78 obs
- multiflora rose73 obs
- American wintergreen72 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/357743523
Day trips start here
- Scotch Plains · 0 mi
- Clark · 4 mi
- Union County · 5 mi
- Chatham · 6 mi
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge · 6 mi
- Long Hill · 6 mi
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