Pigeon Swamp State Park and Forest
Pigeon Swamp State Park and Forest is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 27 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 13.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 21 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 24 mi
- South Overlook · 24 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bobov cemetery NJ: 1.3 mi
- Broken Down Truck Monument: 2.2 mi
- 1818 Remembrance: 4.2 mi
- East Brunswick Municipal Pond: 4.2 mi
- Colonel John Neilson: 7.9 mi
- Blossom Park: 1.3 mi
- Summerfield Boulevard Park: 1.4 mi
- Summerfield Park: 1.5 mi
- Davidson Mill Pond County Park: 2.0 mi
- Ireland Brook County Park: 2.2 mi
- Peace on Earth: 4.2 mi
- Schuchardt's Holiday House: 4.4 mi
- Current: 7.1 mi
- Rising: 7.2 mi
- Spiral Field: 7.2 mi
- Frost Woods Park: 4.9 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Country Lane Park: 5.6 mi
- Heathcote Park: 5.9 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 6.1 mi
- Cranbury Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 5.4 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 5.4 mi
- Cranbury Barn Park: 5.8 mi
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 8.9 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 9.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 9.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 9.3 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Venue Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
- East Brunswick Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Franklin Park Garden Cooperative: 5.1 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 5.1 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 9.2 mi
- Disbrows Hill: 9.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
- Grove 2: 7.9 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 7.9 mi
- Open Grove: 7.9 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
- Paul's Beach: 13.3 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 13.6 mi
- Seidler Beach: 14.1 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 14.3 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 16.2 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 16.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.0 mi
- Barber: 15.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.5 mi
- Gold Run: 19.4 mi
- Seele: 20.1 mi
- Old Quarry: 24.2 mi
- Washington's Rock: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pigeon Swamp State Park and Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NW 310° | 254 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NNW 345° | 251 m | 24.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 304° | 186 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | WNW 294° | 171 m | 13.9 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NNW 347° | 168 m | 15.6 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 260° | 146 m | 20.7 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 259° | 143 m | 22.0 mi |
| Goat Hill | W 264° | 138 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 7 mi away.
- American Beaver59 obs
- American sweetgum38 obs
- Eastern Bluebird35 obs
- American beech29 obs
- American tuliptree23 obs
- autumn olive21 obs
- Beech Leaf Disease20 obs
- Fowler's Toad19 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/357736839
Day trips start here
- East Brunswick · 5 mi
- North Brunswick · 5 mi
- Middlesex County · 6 mi
- Hightstown · 8 mi
- New Brunswick · 8 mi
- Somerset · 8 mi
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