Princeton Metro Park
Princeton Metro Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dey Forest Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 19 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 13 mi
- South Overlook · 16 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 17 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dey Forest Park: 0.6 mi
- Van Nest Park: 1.3 mi
- Turning Basin Park: 1.6 mi
- Duck Pond Park: 1.6 mi
- West Windsor Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 1.2 mi
- Chou, Liao, and Lin Family Open Space Monument: 1.8 mi
- Iconic Colonade: 2.7 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 2.8 mi
- Thomas Roy Grover Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Pond dialogue: 2.2 mi
- Fuld Hall: 2.2 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture: 7.4 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Flower Fields Forever: 2.1 mi
- The Dreaming Room: 2.2 mi
- Slate Oasis: 2.2 mi
- Forget Me Not: 2.2 mi
- Scholar's Rock: 2.2 mi
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 2.6 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 2.7 mi
- Morven Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cranbury Barn Park: 5.8 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 6.0 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Community Park North: 3.6 mi
- Van Dyke Wright Park: 3.7 mi
- Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Cook Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 1.7 mi
- Birch Garden: 2.3 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 4.1 mi
- Fairgrounds Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Rose: 6.0 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 8.9 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 9.0 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Alumni Grove: 8.4 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 12.8 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 13.2 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 19.2 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 20.8 mi
- Paul's Beach: 22.1 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 22.5 mi
- Seidler Beach: 22.9 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 7.5 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 9.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 9.7 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Gold Run: 10.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.9 mi
- High Falls: 22.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 16.1 mi
- Barber: 24.5 mi
- Old Quarry: 16.5 mi
- Washington's Rock: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Princeton Metro Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNW 332° | 254 m | 22.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 327° | 186 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NNW 334° | 171 m | 11.5 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NNE 12° | 168 m | 20.2 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | W 270° | 158 m | 21.6 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 274° | 146 m | 12.8 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 272° | 143 m | 14.0 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | W 274° | 142 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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.
- Spotted Lanternfly95 obs
- common mugwort93 obs
- Great Blue Heron86 obs
- multiflora rose67 obs
- mock strawberry62 obs
- Canada Goose59 obs
- White-tailed Deer50 obs
- Japanese honeysuckle49 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/357746342
Day trips start here
- West Windsor · 2 mi
- Princeton · 3 mi
- Mercer County · 4 mi
- Hightstown · 7 mi
- Robbinsville · 7 mi
- Montgomery Township · 8 mi
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