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Howell County Park

Howell County Park from directly overhead

Howell County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Crawford Hill stands 120 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Green Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 15 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
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Coordinates40.17613, -74.18426
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oak Green Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oak Glen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Monmouth Ridings Park: 1.4 mi
  • Diamond Lane Park: 1.4 mi
  • Lutz Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums: 56
  • Mackenzie Museum & Library: 1.9 mi
  • The New Jersey Museum of Transportation: 3.1 mi
  • Lakewood Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Brick Township Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • Military Technology Museum Of New Jersey: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 39
Gardens: 35
Nature reserves: 23
Artworks: 23
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 9.5 mi
  • The Hawk: 11.7 mi
  • The Involved Student: 11.8 mi
  • Go Hawks: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 17
Picnic sites: 8
  • Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 6.9 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 9.5 mi
  • Catering Area: 13.6 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crawford HillN 360°120 m14.9 mi
Pine HillWNW 289°110 m12.8 mi
Telegraph HillN 2°106 m15.1 mi
Beacon HillN 351°82 m14.0 mi
Throck Morton HillN 3°81 m5.2 mi
Disbrows HillWNW 289°79 m15.2 mi
Cranberry HillNNE 16°74 m6.3 mi
Lippincort HillNNE 29°72 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:4920:30
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1615:5216:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526171767467564637
Precip in3.93.14.23.83.84.44.74.14.24.13.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ruddy Duck47 obs
  • Bufflehead44 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe32 obs
  • Mallard26 obs
  • Mute Swan23 obs
  • Gray Catbird21 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush21 obs
  • Great Blue Heron20 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/357736455

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