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Jacobsen Park

Jacobsen Park from directly overhead

Jacobsen Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Throck Morton Hill stands 81 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 24 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.97289, -74.07248

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ortley Beach Recreation Area A: 1.0 mi
  • Carteret Ave Ball Field: 1.8 mi
  • Hancock Ave Park: 1.9 mi
  • Shelter Cove Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 2.0 mi
  • Jump Island Water Park: 2.1 mi
  • Go-Karts: 2.1 mi
  • The Dancing Crab: 2.1 mi
  • USS Randolph Anchor: 6.8 mi
Museums: 36
Historic sites: 36
  • Angel in Anguish-9/11 Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Tranquility: 6.9 mi
  • Stu Wagner Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Brielle Borough Hall Monument: 9.6 mi
  • R Berel Leifer's Shul: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 23
Gardens: 23
Peaks: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 6
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 6.8 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 14.5 mi
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 16.0 mi
  • The Hawk: 21.4 mi
  • The Involved Student: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Throck Morton HillNNW 344°81 m20.1 mi
Cranberry HillNNW 348°74 m20.5 mi
Lippincort HillN 352°72 m19.7 mi
Sugar Loaf HillN 350°57 m24.1 mi
Forked River MountainSW 233°56 m14.6 mi
East MountainSW 233°55 m14.4 mi
Stone HillNNW 347°55 m23.7 mi
Pine HillSW 233°54 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:08
June solstice05:2819:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:1515:5216:35

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, 8 mi away.

  • Laughing Gull47 obs
  • American Herring Gull34 obs
  • Mute Swan28 obs
  • Atlantic Sand Crab28 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab25 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull22 obs
  • American searocket18 obs
  • northern seaside goldenrod18 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 way/64847360

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