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Moody Park

Moody Park from directly overhead

Moody Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shabakunk Creek Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
33 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.25428, -74.76405

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • TCNJ Topiary: 1.2 mi
  • SOLARIAN: 1.3 mi
  • Building Up: 1.4 mi
  • Golden Spiral: 1.4 mi
  • Sumerian Figures #14 & #23: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens: 50
  • Serenity Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Capital City Farm: 1.9 mi
  • Prospect Street Garden: 2.0 mi
  • West End Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 20
  • Alumni Grove: 1.3 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 4.5 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 11.4 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 21.3 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 2.4 mi
  • High Falls: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainN 352°254 m24.0 mi
Round MountainN 349°186 m22.0 mi
Plumstead HillWNW 295°174 m19.5 mi
Sourland MountainN 8°171 m14.8 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW 286°158 m15.2 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 313°146 m7.8 mi
Strawberry HillNW 304°143 m8.4 mi
Solebury MountainWNW 297°142 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer35 obs
  • Canada Goose25 obs
  • eastern poison ivy25 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle20 obs
  • lesser periwinkle18 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/357732894

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