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Milton Campbell Field

Milton Campbell Field from directly overhead

Milton Campbell Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 39 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Farley Road Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
39 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.63871, -74.40071

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Farley Road Park: 0.3 mi
  • Farley Road Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fanwood Borough Hall Basin: 0.6 mi
  • Carriage House Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fanwood Borough Hall Lawn: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fanwood Nature Center: 0.7 mi
  • Ash Brook Reservation: 3.1 mi
  • Glenhurst Meadows: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Valley Park: 5.6 mi
  • George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Scotch Plains Christopher Columbus Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Old Mill Ruins: 1.8 mi
  • Drake Farm House (#5a): 2.4 mi
  • Drake Farm Barn (#5b): 2.5 mi
  • Westfield World War II Memorial: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Shakespeare Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 6.6 mi
  • Habitat: 7.2 mi
  • Millburn Community Garden: 7.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 41
Picnic sites: 30
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 8.4 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 8.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 18.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 18.4 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Milton Campbell Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNNW 326°341 m16.7 mi
Calais MountainNW 323°334 m16.0 mi
Watnong MountainNNW 342°295.7 m15.3 mi
Seward HillNW 305°289 m17.7 mi
Hell MountainW 280°288 m21.4 mi
Pleasant HillNW 311°287 m19.5 mi
Randall HillNNW 329°283 m19.8 mi
Pyramid MountainN 2°283 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer47 obs
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • garlic mustard29 obs
  • white snakeroot29 obs
  • eastern poison ivy28 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • multiflora rose26 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/357743530

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