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Second Ward Park

Second Ward Park from directly overhead

Second Ward Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.62733, -74.26265
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wilson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wheeler Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sunny Side Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 1.5 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 2.9 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.8 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Nook Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Todt Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Park Hill: 9.6 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 1.3 mi
  • The Park: 6.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Seele: 7.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.0 mi
  • Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 16.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Second Ward Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNW 312°341 m22.1 mi
Calais MountainNW 309°334 m21.7 mi
Watnong MountainNW 322°295.7 m19.5 mi
Union HillNW 320°277 m20.8 mi
Sheep HillNNW 340°276 m21.5 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 316°274 m20.3 mi
TourneNNW 335°273 m21.7 mi
Mine MountainWNW 290°251 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American sweetgum46 obs
  • common mugwort38 obs
  • Canada Goose35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • cinnamon fern27 obs
  • Japanese knotweed26 obs
  • American Robin24 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/357729984

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