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Soldiers Memorial Field

Soldiers Memorial Field from directly overhead

Soldiers Memorial Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 114 m. Mount Arlington stands 371 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Neighborhood Triangle, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
114 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70833, -74.36667
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Neighborhood Triangle: 0.4 mi
  • Village Green Memorial Day Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Village Green Recreational Area: 0.7 mi
  • Village Green Public Art: 0.7 mi
  • Village Green Public Art: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 1.3 mi
  • Lake Surprise Boathouse (#11): 1.5 mi
  • Lake Surprise Bathhouse (#12): 1.6 mi
  • Badgley House (#13): 1.8 mi
  • New Providence 9/11/01 Memorial: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
  • African Adventure: 6.0 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 6.1 mi
  • Australian Outback: 6.1 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 6.1 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 46
Picnic sites: 35
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • The Park: 7.0 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Seele: 3.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 3.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 5.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Soldiers Memorial Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArlingtonNW 316°371 m19.8 mi
Cobb HillNNW 345°358 m20.0 mi
Mount FreedomNW 310°341 m14.3 mi
Fugawe RidgeN 351°335 m18.3 mi
Calais MountainNW 305°334 m14.0 mi
Watnong MountainNW 326°295.7 m11.8 mi
Seward HillWNW 289°289 m17.1 mi
Stony Brook MountainsN 358°289 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5120:33
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort131 obs
  • American wintergreen110 obs
  • Green Frog110 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly110 obs
  • multiflora rose93 obs
  • wineberry91 obs
  • American tuliptree86 obs
  • American beech78 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/357747415

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