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Mill Dam Park

Mill Dam Park from directly overhead

Mill Dam Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Baldpate Mountain stands 146 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Works Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.99244, -74.78301

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Iron Works Park: 0.1 mi
  • Monroe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Woolman Lake Park: 0.4 mi
  • Buttonwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hollyville Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Gardener's Cottage: 1.8 mi
  • Gibby's Jet: 9.4 mi
  • C-141 Starlifter: 9.4 mi
  • C-118A Liftmaster: 10.8 mi
  • P-38: 10.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Honor Roll Pemberton: 5.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Harriet Ross Tubman Statue: 8.0 mi
  • The Ring: 8.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 34
  • Mount Holly: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Pisgah: 6.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Mount Laurel: 7.1 mi
  • Big Hill: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Pakim Pond Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 18.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
  • First Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate MountainNNW 349°146 m23.8 mi
Strawberry HillNNW 345°143 m23.6 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 285°136 m23.2 mi
Jericho MountainNNW 337°129 m23.1 mi
Mount CanoeN 351°128 m23.8 mi
Bowman HillNNW 340°121 m24.5 mi
Camp HillWNW 293°104 m23.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 285°102 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3119:5120:32
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1815:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340526171767467544436
Precip in3.32.74.03.53.64.25.14.53.63.83.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philadelphia/mt Holly WFO, 2 mi away.

  • Persian silk tree18 obs
  • striped wintergreen18 obs
  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly17 obs
  • American sweetgum15 obs
  • red deadnettle15 obs
  • American beech14 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee14 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 way/1111494311

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