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Old Mill Road County Park

Old Mill Road County Park from directly overhead

Old Mill Road County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Hell Mountain stands 288 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Curlis Lake County Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
42 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.33150, -74.76766

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Curlis Lake County Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rosedale Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mercer Meadows County Park - Equestrian District: 0.8 mi
  • Mercer Meadows County Park - Rosedale Park District: 0.9 mi
  • Mercer Meadows County Park - Farm History District: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 37
  • Birch Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 5.9 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 7.0 mi
  • Serenity Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Water Garden: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 20
  • Alumni Grove: 4.3 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 6.3 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.3 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 9.2 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 18.1 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Mill Road County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hell MountainN 356°288 m24.8 mi
Cushetunk MountainN 351°254 m18.7 mi
Round MountainNNW 346°186 m16.8 mi
Plumstead HillW 280°174 m17.7 mi
Sourland MountainNNE 13°171 m9.6 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 31°168 m22.0 mi
Round TopN 359°162 m23.7 mi
Buckingham MountainW 266°158 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch97 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty64 obs
  • autumn olive55 obs
  • common milkweed54 obs
  • Black Swallowtail53 obs
  • Green Frog53 obs
  • sensitive fern53 obs
  • multiflora rose52 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357736771

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