Park · New Jersey
Putnam Park
Putnam Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Ave Nature Walk, a park 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57819, -74.39275
- 11.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Park Ave Nature Walk: 0.2 mi
- Cotton Street Park: 0.5 mi
- North Edison Baseball and Softball Park: 0.8 mi
- Nevsky Park: 0.9 mi
- Oak Tree Pond Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 3.4 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 3.9 mi
- George Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond: 6.8 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 6.9 mi
Gardens
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.1 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 4.9 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 6.1 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 6.7 mi
- Butterfly garden: 6.8 mi
Museums
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 3.0 mi
- Drake House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 5.7 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
- Edison Memorial Tower: 3.0 mi
- Freedom Plaza: 3.1 mi
- Pyramid Of Iselin: 3.6 mi
- Middlesex County War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Music of Metuchen: 3.1 mi
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 3.8 mi
- Finding a Way in This World: 4.3 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 4.3 mi
- Calligraph KC III: 4.5 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 4.5 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 6.3 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 7.6 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 7.7 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 7.7 mi
Peaks
- Second Watchung Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Long Hill: 8.7 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Nook Hill: 11.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 44
- Robinsons Beach: 9.8 mi
- Krogh Beach: 10.1 mi
- Paul's Beach: 10.8 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 11.3 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Grove 4: 6.3 mi
- Grove 3B: 6.4 mi
- Grove 3A: 6.4 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Grove 1: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Seele: 6.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.1 mi
- Hobble Falls: 13.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Hawk Hill: 12.1 mi
- Palisades: 21.6 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 21.7 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.0 mi
- North Tower: 24.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 6.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 7.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 5.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 7.1 mi
- Barber: 7.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 13.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Putnam Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 332° | 341 m | 20.5 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 329° | 334 m | 19.7 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 344° | 295.7 m | 19.4 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 314° | 289 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 290° | 288 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 318° | 287 m | 22.7 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 341° | 277 m | 20.3 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 338° | 274 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
- White-tailed Deer43 obs
- American Robin34 obs
- Mallard32 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly29 obs
- common mugwort23 obs
- eastern poison ivy21 obs
- Great Blue Heron20 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 way/40139591
Day trips start here
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- Scotch Plains · 5 mi
- Clark · 6 mi
- Edison · 6 mi
- Highland Park · 6 mi
- Rahway · 6 mi
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