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Jamesburg County Park Conservation Area

Jamesburg County Park Conservation Area from directly overhead

Jamesburg County Park Conservation Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Heavenly Farms Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.38677, -74.42932

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heavenly Farms Park: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 2.2 mi
  • Butterfly Park/Great Oak Park: 2.7 mi
  • Great Oak Park: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Venue Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Frost Woods Park: 2.3 mi
  • Country Lane Park: 4.0 mi
  • Keystone Park: 4.1 mi
  • Tices Lane Park: 4.6 mi
  • Mannino Park: 5.0 mi
Museums
  • East Brunswick Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Cranbury Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Cranbury History Center: 7.1 mi
  • Sayreville Historical Society: 7.2 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 34
Beaches: 28
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
  • Open Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Grove 3A: 7.0 mi
  • Grove 3B: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNNW 338°251 m24.9 mi
Sourland MountainWNW 290°171 m16.6 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNW 337°168 m16.3 mi
Baldpate MountainW 261°146 m23.7 mi
Strawberry HillW 260°143 m24.9 mi
Pheasant HillW 278°134 m16.4 mi
Mount CanoeW 261°128 m22.8 mi
Mount RoseW 265°126 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2919:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5216:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen42 obs
  • mountain laurel40 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush31 obs
  • American chestnut30 obs
  • Ghost Pipe27 obs
  • shining sumac22 obs
  • cinnamon fern22 obs
  • sheep laurel20 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/357737639

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