Park · New Jersey
Oak Ridge Park
Oak Ridge Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ash Brook Reservation, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.60819, -74.34597
- 14.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.5 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Ash Brook Reservation: 0.5 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 4.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 6.7 mi
Parks
- Beatrice Parkway Park: 1.0 mi
- Charles Shaughnessy Park: 1.2 mi
- North Edison Park: 1.3 mi
- Remembrance Park: 1.3 mi
- Tamaques Park: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Tamaques Garden: 1.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 3.5 mi
- Butterfly garden: 4.6 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 7.6 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 8.1 mi
Historic sites
- Garwood War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Westfield Vietnam War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Westfield 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Westfield World War II Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Westfield World War I Memorial: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 3.1 mi
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Crane-Phillips House: 4.1 mi
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 4.5 mi
- Drake House Museum: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 4.7 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 4.7 mi
- Color Field Sculpture: 7.2 mi
- Studio Theater: 7.2 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 7.2 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 6.9 mi
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 7.7 mi
- The South Pole: 9.1 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 9.5 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 9.5 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 7.9 mi
- Nook Hill: 9.1 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 10.7 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 59
- Robinsons Beach: 9.4 mi
- Krogh Beach: 9.6 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 10.6 mi
- Annadale Beach: 11.1 mi
- Paul's Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 5.3 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Grove 4: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Seele: 5.1 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 10.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 18.4 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 18.8 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 5.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.2 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.7 mi
- North Tower: 23.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 5.5 mi
- Barber: 7.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 10.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Oak Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 323° | 341 m | 20.1 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 320° | 334 m | 19.5 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 335° | 295.7 m | 18.3 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 306° | 289 m | 21.3 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 332° | 277 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sheep Hill | N 352° | 276 m | 21.7 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 328° | 274 m | 18.6 mi |
| Tourne | NNW 347° | 273 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- American Robin29 obs
- Japanese knotweed28 obs
- White-tailed Deer27 obs
- common mugwort24 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage23 obs
- eastern poison ivy22 obs
- Eastern Cottontail21 obs
- American sweetgum19 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/39835595
Day trips start here
- Clark · 3 mi
- Rahway · 3 mi
- Scotch Plains · 4 mi
- Union County · 4 mi
- Linden · 5 mi
- Woodbridge · 5 mi
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