Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodruff Circle Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.7 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodruff Circle Park: 0.2 mi
- Lynch Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Jackson corner park: 0.4 mi
- Boxwood Hall State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Scott Park: 0.6 mi
- Bonnel House Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Belcher Ogden Mansion: 0.6 mi
- Liberty Hall Museum: 1.0 mi
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 4.9 mi
- Crane-Phillips House: 5.0 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 1.4 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Park Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 4.6 mi
- Prudential Learning Center: 4.6 mi
- Enough: 1.4 mi
- One Man's Search: 1.5 mi
- Fearless Girl Statue: 1.5 mi
- Fish: 1.6 mi
- Fish: 1.8 mi
- Arlington Marsh Park: 2.6 mi
- Mariner's Marsh Park: 2.9 mi
- Forest Grove: 3.5 mi
- Graniteville Swamp Park: 3.7 mi
- Pralls Island: 4.4 mi
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 2.8 mi
- Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Memorial to All Vietnam Veterans: 4.2 mi
- O'Neill Point: 4.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 4.8 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 5.4 mi
- FlyNYON: 6.4 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 6.4 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 7.0 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 7.2 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 7.6 mi
- Flamingo: 7.7 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 8.6 mi
- South Beach: 9.4 mi
- Midland Beach: 9.5 mi
- The Park: 4.0 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 4.4 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.1 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hobble Falls: 6.9 mi
- Seele: 10.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 7.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 13.1 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 13.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- North Tower: 22.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 22.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 8.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Barber: 10.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 7.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Jefferson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 310° | 295.7 m | 19.3 mi |
| Union Hill | NW 308° | 277 m | 20.7 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NNW 329° | 276 m | 20.0 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 304° | 274 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tourne | NW 324° | 273 m | 20.5 mi |
| High Mountain | N 1° | 268 m | 20.7 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NNW 338° | 263 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | N 1° | 230 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- common mugwort159 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel134 obs
- White-tailed Deer117 obs
- white snakeroot105 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly95 obs
- white clover90 obs
- ground-ivy88 obs
- greater plantain86 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/39680950
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