Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park
Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 67 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is 1980 Hostage Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 29 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 67 m
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- 1980 Hostage Memorial: 0.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Highlands Army Air Defense Command Bunker: 1.2 mi
- Navesink Light Station: 1.3 mi
- Twin Lights Mystery Cannon: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Dove: 0.0 mi
- Middletown North Senior Mural: 4.9 mi
- Middletown North Lion: 5.0 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 5.1 mi
- Bust of Count Basie "The Kid from Red Bank": 5.4 mi
- Gravelly Point Beach: 0.5 mi
- Beach C: 1.5 mi
- Beach B: 1.5 mi
- Beach D: 1.7 mi
- Highlands Beach: 1.8 mi
- Huddy Park: 0.6 mi
- Navesink Park: 0.9 mi
- Hartshorne Woods County Park: 1.0 mi
- Lenape Woods Greenway Municipally Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Claypit Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Spermaceti Cove Life Boat Station: 1.3 mi
- Atlantic Highlands Historica: 1.5 mi
- Allen House: 6.5 mi
- Eatontown Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 8.9 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.0 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.0 mi
- Seabright Beach: 3.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Holmdel Horn Antenna: 9.5 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 2.1 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 5.8 mi
- Tatum Park: 7.2 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 11.0 mi
- Swinburne Island: 11.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.9 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 6.6 mi
- Composting Demo: 6.6 mi
- Bonsai Display: 6.6 mi
- Display Garden: 6.6 mi
- Highlands of Navesink: 0.6 mi
- Garrett Hill: 3.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 8.8 mi
- Crawford Hill: 9.6 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 9.8 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 17.3 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 19.0 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 19.9 mi
- North Tower: 1.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Power House: 1.3 mi
- South Tower: 1.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 3.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 17.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 17.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 17.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Barber: 15.8 mi
- Palisades: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | NNW 337° | 125 m | 14.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | W 264° | 120 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 241° | 110 m | 24.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 264° | 106 m | 8.8 mi |
| Beacon Hill | W 259° | 82 m | 11.7 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | SW 220° | 81 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | SW 218° | 74 m | 12.5 mi |
| Lippincort Hill | SSW 211° | 72 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 8 mi away.
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab212 obs
- eastern redcedar153 obs
- Atlantic Ribbed Mussel122 obs
- Brant114 obs
- low pricklypear102 obs
- Northern Quahog102 obs
- Laughing Gull99 obs
- Atlantic Jackknife97 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1049536603
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 7 mi
- Staten Island · 14 mi
- Perth Amboy · 15 mi
- Old Bridge · 16 mi
- Freehold · 17 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 18 mi
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