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Mindowaskin Park

Mindowaskin Park from directly overhead

Mindowaskin Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Westfield 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates40.65560, -74.34730
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Foundation Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cacciola Mini Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clark Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Windsor Park: 0.8 mi
  • Westfield Girl Scout Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Tamaques Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 4.9 mi
  • Millburn Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Habitat: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
  • African Adventure: 8.4 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 8.4 mi
  • Australian Outback: 8.5 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 8.5 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 50
Picnic sites: 35
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.1 mi
  • The Park: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 6.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 15.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 16.0 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 16.0 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Mindowaskin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNW 317°341 m17.6 mi
Calais MountainNW 313°334 m17.1 mi
Watnong MountainNNW 330°295.7 m15.4 mi
Seward HillWNW 298°289 m19.5 mi
Randall HillNW 321°283 m20.4 mi
Union HillNNW 327°277 m16.5 mi
Sheep HillN 350°276 m18.5 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 322°274 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5120:33
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard73 obs
  • American Robin66 obs
  • common mugwort54 obs
  • White-tailed Deer51 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • multiflora rose39 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail35 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/39680122

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