Park · New Jersey
Sondek Park
Sondek Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 24 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.36400, -74.54765
- 3.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 17 mi
- South Overlook · 21 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 21 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Sondek Park: 0.0 mi
- Culver Road Soccer Fields: 0.8 mi
- Forest Park: 1.1 mi
- Rowland Park: 1.2 mi
- Tall Timbers Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Heathcote Park: 2.8 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Cook Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Van Dyke Wright Park: 4.8 mi
Museums
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cranbury Museum: 3.9 mi
- Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 4.1 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 4.1 mi
- Cranbury Barn Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
- Bobov cemetery NJ: 3.6 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 4.6 mi
- Broken Down Truck Monument: 5.7 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 6.2 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 6.3 mi
Artworks
- URODA: 5.5 mi
- Upstart II: 5.6 mi
- The Hedgehog and the Fox: 5.6 mi
- Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension: 5.6 mi
- Five Disks: One Empty: 5.7 mi
Attractions
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Fuld Hall: 6.7 mi
- Pond dialogue: 6.8 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 11.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 50
- Plainsboro community gardens: 3.7 mi
- Venue Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 5.0 mi
- Franklin Park Garden Cooperative: 5.5 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 38
- Bunker Hill: 4.8 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Rose: 9.2 mi
- Disbrows Hill: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- Grove 1: 10.7 mi
- Grove 2: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 13
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 16.8 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 17.2 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 17.4 mi
- Seidler Beach: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 13.6 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Raritan Landing: 11.2 mi
- Barber: 19.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.3 mi
- Gold Run: 15.8 mi
- Seele: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Old Quarry: 20.8 mi
- Washington's Rock: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sondek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NW 318° | 254 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mine Mountain | N 353° | 251 m | 24.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 312° | 186 m | 21.0 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NW 307° | 171 m | 11.8 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | N 360° | 168 m | 16.5 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 331° | 162 m | 24.5 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 262° | 146 m | 17.3 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 261° | 143 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 7 mi away.
- American sweetgum229 obs
- common mugwort176 obs
- autumn olive157 obs
- Chinese bushclover148 obs
- eastern redcedar133 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk126 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel109 obs
- Japanese stiltgrass96 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/357737629
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 6 mi
- Hightstown · 7 mi
- North Brunswick · 7 mi
- West Windsor · 7 mi
- East Brunswick · 8 mi
- Montgomery Township · 8 mi
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