Park · New Jersey
Lagrande Park
Lagrande Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Fanwood Train Station Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.63775, -74.38419
- 13.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Historic Fanwood Train Station Park: 0.3 mi
- Carriage House Park: 0.3 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Basin: 0.4 mi
- Fanwood Borough Hall Lawn: 0.4 mi
- McGinn Playground: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Fanwood Nature Center: 0.4 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 5.2 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Glenhurst Meadows: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
- Scotch Plains Christopher Columbus Monument: 1.1 mi
- Westfield World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Westfield Vietnam War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Westfield World War I Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Westfield 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Tamaques Garden: 2.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.6 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 6.4 mi
- Habitat: 7.0 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Museums
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 2.8 mi
- Drake House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Littel-Lord Farmstead: 3.1 mi
- Trailside Nature and Science Center: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Color Field Sculpture: 4.6 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 4.6 mi
- Louie: 5.6 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 6.8 mi
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 7.1 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 5.1 mi
- Nook Hill: 7.9 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 9.0 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 10.6 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 8.6 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 9.8 mi
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 9.9 mi
- African Adventure: 10.4 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 42
- Flamingo: 10.5 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 12.3 mi
- Krogh Beach: 12.4 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 13.4 mi
- Paul's Beach: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 31
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.5 mi
- The Park: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Seele: 2.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 9.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 9.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 8.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 17.9 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 18.0 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 8.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.4 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 3.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.6 mi
- Barber: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 9.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Lagrande Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 324° | 341 m | 17.3 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 321° | 334 m | 16.6 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 339° | 295.7 m | 15.7 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 304° | 289 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 309° | 287 m | 20.2 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 327° | 283 m | 20.3 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 335° | 277 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sheep Hill | N 357° | 276 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer58 obs
- common mugwort45 obs
- multiflora rose35 obs
- American Robin33 obs
- white snakeroot33 obs
- ground-ivy32 obs
- garlic mustard32 obs
- eastern poison ivy31 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/39680175
Day trips start here
- Scotch Plains · 1 mi
- Clark · 4 mi
- Union County · 5 mi
- Rahway · 6 mi
- Chatham · 7 mi
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge · 7 mi
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