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McManus Field

McManus Field from directly overhead

McManus Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Bowling Green Mountain stands 420 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Belleau Woods Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
98 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.77232, -74.42932
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belleau Woods Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kinney Park: 0.6 mi
  • Drew Home Team Bullpen: 0.7 mi
  • Ranger Batting Cage: 0.7 mi
  • Baseball Batting Cage: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Butterrfly Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 3.1 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 3.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Lunch Break: 1.9 mi
  • Mutual Support: 1.9 mi
  • No Turning Back: 1.9 mi
  • George Washington: 2.5 mi
  • Patriot's Farewell: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 4.5 mi
  • Legend Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 7.7 mi
  • African Adventure: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 31
Waterfalls: 13
  • Seele: 7.4 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 12.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.1 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of McManus Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowling Green MountainNNW 339°420 m17.4 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 336°393 m14.7 mi
Copperas MountainN 354°373 m16.9 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 314°371 m14.4 mi
Mase MountainNNW 328°359 m15.0 mi
Cobb HillN 353°358 m15.0 mi
Lookout MountainNW 315°355 m17.0 mi
Saffin RockNNW 332°347 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard948 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel647 obs
  • White-tailed Deer385 obs
  • Norway maple222 obs
  • Groundhog218 obs
  • American Robin216 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk198 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle123 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 node/357740509

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