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Runnemede Lake Park

Runnemede Lake Park from directly overhead

Runnemede Lake Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Ebright Azimuth stands 137 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Landing site of first manned flight in Western Hemisphere, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Blue Route passes 14 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.84595, -75.08212
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Firefighters Memorial Commons: 1.3 mi
  • Wish Upon a Star Park: 2.1 mi
  • Shining Star Park: 2.2 mi
  • Albertson Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ballantree Park: 2.4 mi
Museums
  • Museum Of American History at Deptford: 2.1 mi
  • Magnolia Train Station: 2.5 mi
  • Gloucester County Historical Society Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Fairview Historic Society: 4.2 mi
  • Indian King Tavern Museum: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Kendall Court Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Collingswood Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Daly St Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Moore Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Top Deck Games: 4.7 mi
  • Vertical Limit: 5.8 mi
  • Torpedo Rush: 5.8 mi
  • Sky River Rapids: 5.8 mi
  • Torpedo Rush: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 56
  • Timber Creek Park: 1.5 mi
  • Almonesson Creek Park: 1.9 mi
  • Tall Pines State Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Stafford's Woods Disc Golf Course: 6.1 mi
  • Ceres Park & Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 10.3 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Pine Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Blueberry Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Hutton Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Fairmount: 9.8 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Washington Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
  • First Beach: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ebright AzimuthW 268°137 m23.2 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 338°136 m17.4 mi
Hunting HillWNW 292°125 m21.0 mi
Camp HillNNW 343°104 m20.5 mi
Militia HillNNW 337°104 m20.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNW 335°102 m18.0 mi
Sandy HillNNW 334°101 m22.0 mi
Fort HillNNW 341°88 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536272777569564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glassboro 2 NE, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth29 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
  • White Perch24 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail22 obs
  • mountain laurel20 obs
  • American tuliptree19 obs
  • Carolina Mantis19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357732891

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