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Pine Ridge Park

Pine Ridge Park from directly overhead

Pine Ridge Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Long Hill stands 259 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Legacy Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.46921, -74.40084

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Rutgers Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 2.5 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 32
Picnic sites: 22
  • Grove 4: 1.8 mi
  • Grove 3B: 1.8 mi
  • Grove 3A: 1.8 mi
  • Open Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Grove 2: 1.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Seele: 13.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long HillNW 326°259 m24.7 mi
Cushetunk MountainWNW 292°254 m24.0 mi
Mine MountainNNW 329°251 m20.5 mi
Mount PaulNNW 328°245 m24.2 mi
Blueberry RidgeNNW 339°243 m24.9 mi
Sugar LoafNNW 342°229 m22.4 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 345°217 m22.5 mi
Mount KembleNNW 343°215 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 1 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly198 obs
  • Green Frog183 obs
  • White-tailed Deer150 obs
  • common mugwort140 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle127 obs
  • eastern poison ivy123 obs
  • American pokeweed120 obs
  • American Robin118 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 way/1006783643

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