Park · New Jersey
Gunnell Oval Complex
Gunnell Oval Complex is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Pyramid Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.76506, -74.13734
- 11.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.5 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Arlington Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Town Hall Bi-Centenial Park: 0.6 mi
- Bell Park: 0.6 mi
- Kearny Riverbank Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Major General Philip Kearny: 0.7 mi
- Wars of America: 2.5 mi
- Rutgers Arch: 2.5 mi
- The Bent: 2.7 mi
- Sculptures: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- NA Historical Marker - First Steam Engine: 1.2 mi
- NA Historical Marker - Eckhardt Farm: 2.1 mi
- Althea Gibson Statue: 2.1 mi
- AMVETS Carillon: 2.1 mi
- WTC Memorial Cove: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- 1-E Landfill: 1.2 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 3.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.8 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
Gardens
- A Healing Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Branch Brook Park Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- University Square Courtyard: 2.5 mi
- Down Bottom Farms: 2.5 mi
Museums
- William D. McDowell Observatory: 2.2 mi
- Meadowlands Environment Center: 2.3 mi
- Newark Museum: 2.4 mi
- New Jersey Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Meadowlands Museum: 3.8 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 3.1 mi
- Kings Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 6.4 mi
- Eifall: 7.9 mi
Attractions
- FlyNYON: 3.2 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 3.4 mi
- truck: 4.1 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 5.4 mi
- Brighton Asylum: 6.4 mi
Beaches
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 4.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 6.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 6.1 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 6.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
- The Backyard: 5.1 mi
- The Park: 5.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.3 mi
- Picnic and Grill: 7.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Palisades: 5.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 7.6 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Hobble Falls: 8.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 8.0 mi
- The Loch: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 10.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Larry Doby Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 22.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 14.3 mi
- Barber: 17.4 mi
- New City Village: 22.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 8.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Gunnell Oval Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Mountain | NW 315° | 283 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NW 307° | 276 m | 17.6 mi |
| Tourne | WNW 303° | 273 m | 18.7 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 347° | 268 m | 14.5 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 316° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 318° | 263 m | 16.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 344° | 260 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 347° | 230 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 1 mi away.
- groundsel tree100 obs
- eastern redcedar86 obs
- common mugwort71 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly65 obs
- common reed57 obs
- Canada Goose48 obs
- House Sparrow47 obs
- Bull Thistle35 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 way/40165211
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