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McGovern Park

McGovern Park from directly overhead

McGovern Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer County Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.69638, -74.10251
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Afro-American Historical Society Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Chief John T. Brennan Fire Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty State Park Interpretive Center: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty Science Center: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Caven Point Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Newport Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.6 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Pesin Drive Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 2.6 mi
  • Crescent Field: 2.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Grove: 3.1 mi
  • North Cove Field: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Slide Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Palisades: 6.6 mi
  • Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 11.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.5 mi
  • The Loch: 10.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of McGovern Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep HillNW 314°276 m22.1 mi
High MountainNNW 345°268 m19.6 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 323°263 m21.8 mi
Beech MountainNNW 343°260 m20.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 345°230 m19.3 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 286°217 m22.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 342°185 m20.6 mi
Moon HillNNW 342°180 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron51 obs
  • Mallard40 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly35 obs
  • Great Blue Heron33 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • European Starling30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/354428840

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