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Soverel Park

Soverel Park from directly overhead

Soverel Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Jersey Explorer Children's Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.77933, -74.21837

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Carteret Park: 0.7 mi
  • Orange Military Park: 0.7 mi
  • Orange Military Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ashland Stadium: 0.8 mi
  • Watsessing Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • 9/11: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11 Search And Rescue Dogs: 1.9 mi
  • 9/11: 1.9 mi
  • Michael Leo Delahunty: 2.0 mi
  • Althea Gibson Statue: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Big Cat Country: 3.3 mi
  • Birds of Prey: 3.3 mi
  • Bear Country: 3.3 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 3.3 mi
  • Great Plains: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 36
  • The Park: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic and Grill: 7.4 mi
  • The Backyard: 8.2 mi
  • Freedom Field: 10.1 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Hobble Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Seele: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Hawk Hill: 5.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 5.6 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 5.8 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 5.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 4.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 14.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Soverel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainWNW 289°295.7 m15.1 mi
Stony Brook MountainsNNW 328°289 m15.8 mi
Rock Pear MountainNW 326°289 m16.2 mi
Pyramid MountainNW 323°283 m14.9 mi
Sheep HillNW 315°276 m13.8 mi
TourneNW 309°273 m14.7 mi
High MountainN 5°268 m13.3 mi
Turkey MountainNW 325°268 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441526372787669574637
Precip in3.73.34.34.14.44.94.84.44.34.13.74.6

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

  • House Sparrow38 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Norway maple28 obs
  • Blue Jay27 obs
  • European Starling26 obs
  • Mourning Dove25 obs
  • Northern Cardinal25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/39681131

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