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Nomahegan Park

Nomahegan Park from directly overhead

Nomahegan Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Holocaust Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.66955, -74.31404
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Holocaust Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 1.0 mi
  • September 11th Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lenape Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hampton Park: 0.7 mi
  • Girl Scout Park: 0.8 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Tamaques Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Millburn Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 4.3 mi
  • Habitat: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
  • African Adventure: 6.9 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 6.9 mi
  • Australian Outback: 7.0 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 7.0 mi
  • Big Cat Country: 7.0 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 5.3 mi
  • The Park: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Seele: 4.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 4.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.4 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Nomahegan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNW 311°341 m18.2 mi
Calais MountainNW 307°334 m17.8 mi
Watnong MountainNW 323°295.7 m15.5 mi
Pyramid MountainNNW 349°283 m19.9 mi
Union HillNW 320°277 m16.8 mi
Sheep HillNNW 344°276 m17.9 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 315°274 m16.3 mi
TourneNNW 339°273 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly64 obs
  • Mallard61 obs
  • common mugwort58 obs
  • lesser celandine58 obs
  • multiflora rose57 obs
  • American Robin52 obs
  • Western Honey Bee51 obs
  • White-tailed Deer45 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 node/357726550

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