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Marquand Park

Marquand Park from directly overhead

Marquand Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Albert Einstein, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
55 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34139, -74.67083

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Princeton Battle Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Greenway Meadows: 0.8 mi
  • Tiger Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cannon Green: 0.8 mi
  • Palmer Square Green: 0.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Community Park North: 1.4 mi
  • Public Open Space: 1.7 mi
  • John Witherspoon Woods: 1.9 mi
  • Carson Road Woods: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Birch Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 2.9 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 17
  • Alumni Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 11.4 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.4 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 336°254 m19.5 mi
Round MountainNNW 330°186 m18.1 mi
Plumstead HillW 276°174 m22.7 mi
Sourland MountainNNW 341°171 m9.1 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 19°168 m19.2 mi
Round TopNNW 347°162 m23.6 mi
Buckingham MountainW 265°158 m19.6 mi
Baldpate MountainW 266°146 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel202 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly198 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada150 obs
  • American Robin134 obs
  • White-tailed Deer133 obs
  • lesser celandine128 obs
  • Red Fox119 obs
  • Porcelain Berry115 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357748778

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