Park · New Jersey
Joseph Medwick Park
Joseph Medwick Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linden Airport mini-park, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.59874, -74.24114
- 19.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Howard Field: 1.3 mi
- Tremley Park: 1.3 mi
- Memorial Field Park: 1.4 mi
- Carteret Park: 1.5 mi
- John St. Soccer Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 1.3 mi
- Pralls Island: 2.2 mi
- Island of Meadows: 2.4 mi
- Neck Creek Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Neck Creek Bluebelt: 2.7 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly garden: 1.5 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.1 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 4.7 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 5.5 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 5.7 mi
Artworks
- Carteret Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Grace: 3.2 mi
- Valley of the Sunrise: 3.2 mi
- Girl Power: 3.2 mi
- Park Avenue Tulips: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
- 911 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 2.7 mi
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.5 mi
- Freed Slave Graveyard: 3.9 mi
- Historic Stone Chimney: 4.6 mi
Attractions
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 3.2 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 4.4 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 5.4 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 5.4 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 5.6 mi
Museums
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Belcher Ogden Mansion: 4.8 mi
- Bonnel House Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Crane-Phillips House: 5.2 mi
- Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
Beaches
- Huguenot Beach: 6.3 mi
- Annadale Beach: 6.4 mi
- Krogh Beach: 6.7 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 6.8 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Todt Hill: 6.6 mi
- Emerson Hill: 7.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.2 mi
- Park Hill: 8.6 mi
- Fox Hills: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 31
- Linden Airport mini-park: 1.0 mi
- The Park: 8.7 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Seele: 9.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 14.4 mi
- Palisades: 16.5 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 18.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- North Tower: 19.4 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 3.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 3.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 4.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 13.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 11.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Joseph Medwick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NW 323° | 295.7 m | 21.7 mi |
| Union Hill | NW 321° | 277 m | 23.0 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 317° | 274 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mine Mountain | WNW 294° | 251 m | 20.9 mi |
| Blueberry Ridge | NW 310° | 243 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NW 309° | 229 m | 19.6 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 312° | 217 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 308° | 215 m | 18.7 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 | 16:34 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 6 mi away.
- common reed47 obs
- American sweetgum45 obs
- American Bullfrog45 obs
- groundsel tree45 obs
- White-tailed Deer36 obs
- common mugwort32 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly32 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird31 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/39835646
Day trips start here
- Linden · 2 mi
- Rahway · 2 mi
- Union County · 4 mi
- Woodbridge · 4 mi
- Clark · 5 mi
- Elizabeth · 5 mi
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