Schalks Meadow Park
Schalks Meadow Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Wicoff House Museum, a museum 1.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 15 mi
- South Overlook · 19 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 19 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Morven Museum: 4.3 mi
- Cranbury Museum: 4.6 mi
- Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 4.7 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 4.7 mi
- Plainsboro Park: 1.5 mi
- Morris Davison Park: 1.9 mi
- Rowland Park: 2.1 mi
- Sondek Park: 2.1 mi
- Sondek Park: 2.1 mi
- Cook Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Heathcote Park: 1.9 mi
- Van Dyke Wright Park: 3.1 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 2.9 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 4.2 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 4.3 mi
- Chou, Liao, and Lin Family Open Space Monument: 5.0 mi
- Iconic Colonade: 5.0 mi
- URODA: 3.5 mi
- Upstart II: 3.5 mi
- The Hedgehog and the Fox: 3.6 mi
- Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension: 3.6 mi
- Five Disks: One Empty: 3.6 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 4.5 mi
- Fuld Hall: 4.6 mi
- Pond dialogue: 4.6 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture: 10.8 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 11.6 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 1.7 mi
- Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 3.4 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Birch Garden: 4.7 mi
- Franklin Park Garden Cooperative: 6.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 4.3 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 5.7 mi
- Mount Rose: 7.3 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
- Alumni Grove: 11.6 mi
- Grove 1: 12.5 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 17.6 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 18.4 mi
- Paul's Beach: 18.9 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 19.3 mi
- Seidler Beach: 19.8 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 5.5 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 12.4 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.1 mi
- Gold Run: 13.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
- Seele: 23.7 mi
- High Falls: 23.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 12.8 mi
- Barber: 21.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 25.0 mi
- Old Quarry: 18.8 mi
- Washington's Rock: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Schalks Meadow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NW 324° | 254 m | 21.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 318° | 186 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NW 317° | 171 m | 10.8 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | N 6° | 168 m | 17.4 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 336° | 162 m | 24.3 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | W 264° | 158 m | 24.1 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 264° | 146 m | 15.2 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 263° | 143 m | 16.5 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 | 07:19 | 15:52 | 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, 6 mi away.
- American sweetgum231 obs
- common mugwort196 obs
- autumn olive163 obs
- Chinese bushclover151 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel144 obs
- eastern redcedar143 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk127 obs
- Canada Goose121 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/39681322
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 4 mi
- West Windsor · 5 mi
- Hightstown · 7 mi
- Montgomery Township · 7 mi
- Mercer County · 8 mi
- Belle Mead · 9 mi
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