Park · New Jersey
Shadyside Park
Shadyside Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Feral Cat Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.54722, -74.41472
- 9.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Feral Cat Park: 0.9 mi
- Kids Slides & Swings Park: 1.1 mi
- Ambrose Doty County Park: 1.1 mi
- Piscataway Ecological Park: 1.3 mi
- Edison Woods Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 5.7 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 6.1 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 6.6 mi
- Country Lane Park: 7.2 mi
Artworks
- Finding a Way in This World: 1.8 mi
- Zhu's Helper: 1.9 mi
- Calligraph KC III: 2.0 mi
- Education Is an Open Book: 2.0 mi
- Don Quixote with a Flower: 2.1 mi
Attractions
- Monster Mini Golf: 2.9 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 4.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 6.1 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 6.1 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
- Freedom Plaza: 2.9 mi
- Highland Park Doughboy: 3.2 mi
- Mason Gross Memorial: 3.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 3.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 4.1 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 4.2 mi
Gardens
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 3.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 4.0 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 4.3 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 5.1 mi
- South River Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Peaks
- Second Watchung Mountain: 8.1 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Long Hill: 10.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 10.9 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 40
- Robinsons Beach: 9.9 mi
- Paul's Beach: 10.2 mi
- Krogh Beach: 10.3 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 10.6 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Grove 4: 4.0 mi
- Grove 1: 4.1 mi
- Grove 3B: 4.1 mi
- Grove 3A: 4.1 mi
- Grove 2: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.9 mi
- Seele: 8.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.5 mi
- Hobble Falls: 15.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Hawk Hill: 14.5 mi
- Palisades: 23.7 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 24.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 24.3 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 22.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
- North Tower: 24.8 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 8.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 16.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 3.5 mi
- Barber: 8.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 9.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 15.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Shadyside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 337° | 341 m | 22.0 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 335° | 334 m | 21.1 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 349° | 295.7 m | 21.2 mi |
| Seward Hill | NW 320° | 289 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hell Mountain | WNW 296° | 288 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 324° | 287 m | 23.6 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 346° | 277 m | 22.0 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NNW 343° | 274 m | 21.0 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 | 16:35 |
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, 4 mi away.
- common mugwort44 obs
- Unequal Cellophane Bee35 obs
- Canada Goose32 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly32 obs
- House Sparrow27 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- White-tailed Deer24 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/357746706
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 3 mi
- Piscataway · 3 mi
- New Brunswick · 4 mi
- Edison · 5 mi
- Somerset · 5 mi
- Middlesex County · 7 mi
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