- Elevation, modelled
- 19 m
- Tallest summit within 22.9 miles
- Mount Freedom341 m · 19.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Millstone Valley Scenic Byway10.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:33local time
- Coordinates
- 40.5832, -74.4145
Monument Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled 19 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Lake County Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Monument Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 334° | 341 m | 19.7 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 332° | 334 m | 18.9 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 297° | 314 m | 22.9 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 347° | 295.7 m | 18.8 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 316° | 289 m | 19.6 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 290° | 288 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 320° | 287 m | 21.7 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 336° | 283 m | 22.8 mi |
- 10.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic BywayNational
- 27.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Spring Lake County Park: 0.2 mi
- Cotton Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Putnam Park: 1.2 mi
- Walnut Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Shakespeare Garden: 1.6 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 5.4 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 6.3 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 6.7 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 4.0 mi
- George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 5.7 mi
- Stransky Nature Trails: 5.9 mi
Museums
- Drake House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 4.2 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 6.0 mi
- Littel-Lord Farmstead: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Freedom Plaza: 4.1 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 4.2 mi
- Edison Memorial Tower: 4.2 mi
Artworks
- Music of Metuchen: 4.0 mi
- Finding a Way in This World: 4.2 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 4.2 mi
- Education Is an Open Book: 4.3 mi
- Don Quixote with a Flower: 4.3 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 5.1 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 5.8 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 8.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 8.3 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 8.4 mi
Peaks
- Second Watchung Mountain: 7.2 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Long Hill: 8.1 mi
- Nook Hill: 11.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 37
- Robinsons Beach: 11.0 mi
- Krogh Beach: 11.3 mi
- Paul's Beach: 11.8 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 12.4 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Grove 4: 6.5 mi
- Grove 1: 6.5 mi
- Grove 3B: 6.6 mi
- Grove 2: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Seele: 5.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 13.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Hawk Hill: 12.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 22.0 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 22.0 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 22.1 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 8.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 5.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Barber: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 13.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 2 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Scotch Plains · 5 mi
- Edison · 6 mi
- Highland Park · 6 mi
- Piscataway · 6 mi
- Clark · 7 mi
- New Brunswick · 7 mi
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