Park · New Jersey
Rahway Avenue Park
Rahway Avenue Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucknell Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57094, -74.27376
- 16.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.3 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bucknell Park: 0.2 mi
- Frank G. Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Avenel Park: 0.6 mi
- Boynton Park: 0.7 mi
- Woodbridge Little League Fields: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 1.1 mi
- Pyramid Of Iselin: 2.9 mi
- 911 Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Freed Slave Graveyard: 3.4 mi
- Edison Memorial Tower: 3.5 mi
Gardens
- Butterfly garden: 1.2 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 5.2 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 5.6 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 7.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 1.3 mi
- Sharrotts Shoreline: 2.9 mi
- Island of Meadows: 3.7 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 3.9 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 4.2 mi
Artworks
- Carteret Lighthouse: 3.2 mi
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 4.1 mi
- Rev John C. Drumgoole: 5.0 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 5.0 mi
- Girl Power: 5.4 mi
Attractions
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 3.2 mi
- The South Pole: 5.2 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 6.5 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 7.1 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 7.1 mi
Museums
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 3.5 mi
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip: 4.5 mi
- Proprietary House: 4.7 mi
- The Conference House: 4.8 mi
Beaches
- Robinsons Beach: 5.3 mi
- Krogh Beach: 5.3 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 6.0 mi
- Annadale Beach: 6.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Todt Hill: 8.6 mi
- Emerson Hill: 9.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 10.3 mi
- Park Hill: 10.7 mi
- Fox Hills: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 28
- Linden Airport mini-park: 3.3 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Grove 4: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Seele: 9.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 12.4 mi
- Hobble Falls: 12.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Hawk Hill: 11.8 mi
- Palisades: 17.0 mi
- Palisades: 19.1 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 20.3 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 0.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 1.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.2 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- North Tower: 19.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 2.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 10.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 12.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Rahway Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 329° | 295.7 m | 22.4 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 327° | 277 m | 23.5 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 324° | 274 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mine Mountain | WNW 301° | 251 m | 20.3 mi |
| Blueberry Ridge | NW 316° | 243 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NW 317° | 229 m | 19.7 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NW 320° | 217 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NW 316° | 215 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 7 mi away.
- American Bullfrog46 obs
- common mugwort42 obs
- Canada Goose40 obs
- groundsel tree39 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird31 obs
- American Robin29 obs
- Painted Turtle29 obs
- White-tailed Deer28 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/357733084
Day trips start here
- Woodbridge · 1 mi
- Rahway · 3 mi
- Linden · 4 mi
- Perth Amboy · 4 mi
- Clark · 5 mi
- Edison · 6 mi
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