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Oakland Park

Oakland Park from directly overhead

Oakland Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Calais Mountain stands 334 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodwild Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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Coordinates40.54459, -74.34969
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodwild Park: 0.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.5 mi
  • Thomas Mundy Peterson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Myrtle-Charles Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Middlesex County War Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Freedom Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Edison Memorial Tower: 1.4 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 1.6 mi
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Ash Brook Reservation: 4.8 mi
  • Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 5.5 mi
  • Sharrotts Shoreline: 5.6 mi
  • Mill Creek Bluebelt: 6.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 5.4 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 26
  • Grove 4: 5.4 mi
  • Grove 3B: 5.5 mi
  • Grove 3A: 5.5 mi
  • Open Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Grove 2: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Palisades: 21.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 23.1 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Seele: 8.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Oakland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calais MountainNNW 327°334 m22.9 mi
Watnong MountainNNW 340°295.7 m22.3 mi
Union HillNNW 338°277 m23.3 mi
Trowbridge MountainNNW 335°274 m22.4 mi
Long HillNW 313°259 m22.4 mi
Mine MountainNW 313°251 m18.1 mi
Mount PaulNW 314°245 m21.9 mi
Blueberry RidgeNNW 327°243 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546372777568564638
Precip in3.83.14.33.64.04.35.34.04.34.33.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard71 obs
  • White-tailed Deer66 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly51 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel48 obs
  • garlic mustard47 obs
  • common mugwort38 obs
  • white snakeroot36 obs
  • American Robin34 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 way/39681344

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