Plainsboro Park
Plainsboro Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Wicoff House Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 15 mi
- South Overlook · 18 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 18 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Morven Museum: 4.1 mi
- Cranbury Barn Park: 4.2 mi
- Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 4.2 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 4.2 mi
- Morris Davison Park: 1.2 mi
- Schalks Meadow Park: 1.5 mi
- Van Nest Park: 1.5 mi
- Bulk Farm Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Dey Forest Park: 1.8 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 1.5 mi
- Chou, Liao, and Lin Family Open Space Monument: 3.6 mi
- Thomas Roy Grover Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 4.1 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 4.2 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Cook Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Heathcote Park: 3.2 mi
- Van Dyke Wright Park: 3.7 mi
- Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension: 3.3 mi
- The Hedgehog and the Fox: 3.3 mi
- Five Disks: One Empty: 3.3 mi
- URODA: 3.4 mi
- The Dreaming Room: 3.4 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Fuld Hall: 4.0 mi
- Pond dialogue: 4.0 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture: 9.5 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 0.7 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Birch Garden: 4.1 mi
- Venue Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 4.8 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.2 mi
- Mount Rose: 7.3 mi
- Disbrows Hill: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Alumni Grove: 10.7 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 17.9 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 18.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 19.8 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 20.2 mi
- Seidler Beach: 20.6 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 5.5 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 10.9 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 10.9 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Gold Run: 12.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.6 mi
- High Falls: 23.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 14.2 mi
- Barber: 22.3 mi
- Old Quarry: 18.5 mi
- Washington's Rock: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plainsboro Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNW 326° | 254 m | 22.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 321° | 186 m | 21.0 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NW 323° | 171 m | 11.7 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | N 7° | 168 m | 18.9 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | W 267° | 158 m | 23.7 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 270° | 146 m | 14.8 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 268° | 143 m | 16.0 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | W 271° | 142 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:53 | 16:36 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 5 mi away.
- common mugwort149 obs
- Canada Goose84 obs
- multiflora rose74 obs
- autumn olive70 obs
- Japanese stiltgrass64 obs
- low smartweed63 obs
- mock strawberry62 obs
- American sweetgum60 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 node/357737683
Day trips start here
- West Windsor · 3 mi
- Princeton · 4 mi
- Hightstown · 6 mi
- Mercer County · 7 mi
- Montgomery Township · 8 mi
- Robbinsville · 8 mi
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