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Howard Field

Howard Field from directly overhead

Howard Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Calais Mountain stands 334 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Madden Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.59705, -74.26515
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 0.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.4 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.9 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 3.2 mi
  • 911 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 4.1 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Park Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Nook Hill: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 1.6 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • The Park: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Seele: 8.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Palisades: 15.4 mi
  • Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 18.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Howard Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calais MountainNW 313°334 m23.0 mi
Watnong MountainNW 326°295.7 m21.1 mi
Union HillNW 323°277 m22.3 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 320°274 m21.7 mi
Mine MountainWNW 296°251 m19.8 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 312°243 m21.6 mi
Sugar LoafNW 312°229 m18.7 mi
Gillespie HillNW 315°217 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American sweetgum47 obs
  • common reed46 obs
  • White-tailed Deer45 obs
  • American Bullfrog45 obs
  • groundsel tree44 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • Canada Goose33 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 node/357743818

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