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Mount Laurel State Park

Mount Laurel State Park from directly overhead

Mount Laurel State Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Chestnut Hill stands 136 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Laurel, a peak 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.93444, -74.89519

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elbo Park: 0.3 mi
  • St. John Neumann: 1.3 mi
  • Trotters Fields: 1.5 mi
  • Laurel Acres Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mount Laurel Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Welcome to Historic Haddonfield: 7.6 mi
  • Hadrosaurus (Haddy Dinosaur Statue): 7.8 mi
  • Palmyra War Memorial: 8.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Top Deck Games: 6.9 mi
  • Big Diggers: 8.4 mi
  • Mini Dig: Ducks: 8.4 mi
  • Mini Dig: Bowling: 8.4 mi
  • Mini Dig: Shapes: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Grove: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 15.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 15.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 15.6 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Mount Laurel: 0.1 mi
  • Hutton Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Mount Holly: 7.3 mi
  • Stone Mountain: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • First Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Washington Lake Beach: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillWNW 301°136 m19.3 mi
Camp HillNW 310°104 m20.9 mi
Militia HillNW 306°104 m22.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 301°102 m20.2 mi
Sandy HillNW 305°101 m23.9 mi
Fairless LandfillNNE 25°97.2 m16.3 mi
Fort HillNW 309°88 m21.6 mi
Lafayette HillWNW 300°72 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556373777569584739
Precip in3.92.74.63.73.64.45.44.64.34.13.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorestown 4 E, 3 mi away.

  • European Mantis31 obs
  • Chinese rice grasshopper24 obs
  • Italian Wall Lizard20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • common milkweed16 obs
  • late boneset16 obs
  • Canada Goose15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34382957

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