Mercer County Park
Mercer County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Belle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 20.5 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Blue Route
Overlooks nearby
- South Overlook · 1 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 2 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 2 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Park: 1.1 mi
- Hewitt Park: 1.2 mi
- Brownsburg Park: 1.3 mi
- Cavallo Park: 2.4 mi
- Ely Park: 2.9 mi
- Thompson-Neely House: 1.2 mi
- Thompson-Neely Grist Mill: 1.2 mi
- Friends of the Delaware Canal: 2.5 mi
- Parry Mansion Museum: 2.7 mi
- The Bucks County Children's Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Hope Spring: 6.6 mi
- Organic Garden: 8.7 mi
- West End Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Serenity Garden: 10.4 mi
- Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Natural Lands Diabase Preserve (Not Open to Public): 3.2 mi
- Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Hal H. Clark Park: 5.0 mi
- Woolsey Park: 5.1 mi
- Buck Statue: 2.6 mi
- Washington Crossing the Delaware: 3.7 mi
- Stained Glass Water Tower: 4.4 mi
- Golden Spiral: 8.4 mi
- Building Up: 8.5 mi
- Washington Crossing: 3.0 mi
- Washington Crossing Monument: 3.6 mi
- Washington Crossed the Delaware: 3.6 mi
- Washington and His Army Crossed the Delaware: 3.7 mi
- Preserved Farm: 5.6 mi
- Belle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bowman Hill: 1.5 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Nelson House: 3.7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Hayride: 4.4 mi
- Solebury Orchards: 6.8 mi
- Tavern 18 century: 7.6 mi
- Tyler Park Equipment Rental: 7.7 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Shaded Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Alumni Grove: 8.6 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Island Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
- Old Quarry: 1.6 mi
- Washington's Rock: 1.8 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 11.7 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 12.0 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 18.6 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 18.7 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 22.6 mi
- Gold Run: 8.0 mi
- High Falls: 9.1 mi
- High Falls: 19.2 mi
- Kerr Spring: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mercer County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haycock Mountain | NW 304° | 295 m | 19.2 mi |
| Musconetcong Mountain | NNW 348° | 289 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Kipp | N 359° | 289 m | 24.7 mi |
| Buckwampum Hill | NW 311° | 262 m | 22.3 mi |
| Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 256 m | 20.5 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNE 15° | 254 m | 18.9 mi |
| North Mountain | NW 305° | 251 m | 20.3 mi |
| Coffman Hill | NW 320° | 249 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lambertville, 2 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells155 obs
- bloodroot136 obs
- Celandine Poppy113 obs
- mayapple97 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty91 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort85 obs
- Virginia saxifrage76 obs
- azure bluet75 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 node/357732902
Day trips start here
- Lambertville · 3 mi
- New Hope · 3 mi
- Titusville · 3 mi
- Washington Crossing Historical Park · 4 mi
- Peddler's Village · 6 mi
- Solebury · 6 mi
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