John Parker Park
John Parker Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Count Basie Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 24 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Count Basie Park: 0.4 mi
- Hance Park: 0.7 mi
- Manson Park: 0.9 mi
- Little Silver Gazebo Park: 1.1 mi
- Red Bank Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Allen House: 0.8 mi
- Eatontown Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 3.7 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 3.7 mi
- Atlantic Highlands Historica: 5.6 mi
- Bust of Count Basie "The Kid from Red Bank": 1.1 mi
- Eagles: 3.1 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 4.3 mi
- Go Hawks: 4.9 mi
- The Hawk: 4.9 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 1.2 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 3.9 mi
- Tatum Park: 5.2 mi
- Mount Loretto Unique Area: 14.3 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 14.7 mi
- Judith Stanley Coleman Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Hemphill Field: 1.7 mi
- Dean Field: 1.8 mi
- World War II Memorial: 1.8 mi
- West Gate: 1.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.1 mi
- Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden: 4.9 mi
- Erlanger Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Composting Demo: 5.1 mi
- Display Garden: 5.1 mi
- Seabright Beach: 5.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Holmdel Horn Antenna: 7.4 mi
- Nike Missile: 7.9 mi
- Nike Missile: 7.9 mi
- Navesink Beach: 6.1 mi
- Highlands Beach: 6.3 mi
- Gravelly Point Beach: 6.3 mi
- Beach B: 6.8 mi
- Beach C: 7.2 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 4.6 mi
- Garrett Hill: 5.1 mi
- Highlands of Navesink: 5.7 mi
- Stone Hill: 6.1 mi
- Lippincort Hill: 6.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Thompson Grove Park: 15.7 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 17.5 mi
- Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 19.0 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 21.4 mi
- Power House: 5.9 mi
- South Tower: 5.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 6.0 mi
- North Tower: 6.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 9.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.7 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 22.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 23.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 23.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 23.3 mi
- Barber: 16.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Parker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | N 352° | 125 m | 18.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WNW 302° | 120 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 249° | 110 m | 19.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NW 306° | 106 m | 7.0 mi |
| Beacon Hill | WNW 289° | 82 m | 8.9 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | SW 226° | 81 m | 8.3 mi |
| Disbrows Hill | WSW 254° | 79 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | SW 223° | 74 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 4 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly24 obs
- American pokeweed20 obs
- American burnweed17 obs
- white snakeroot15 obs
- Western Honey Bee14 obs
- common mugwort14 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle13 obs
- late boneset13 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/988716323
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 8 mi
- Freehold · 12 mi
- Old Bridge · 13 mi
- Englishtown · 16 mi
- Perth Amboy · 16 mi
- Staten Island · 17 mi
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