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Speedwell Park

Speedwell Park from directly overhead

Speedwell Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pocahontas Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
96 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81232, -74.48071

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pocahontas Park: 0.1 mi
  • Thinkscape Park: 0.4 mi
  • Harrison Street Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Beatrice R Tucker Field: 0.7 mi
  • Caldwell Playground: 0.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 0.4 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 1.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions: 58
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 1.6 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 1.8 mi
  • Legend Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 7.7 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boonton Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Seele: 10.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Hawk Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 11.7 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.6 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Speedwell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNW 341°425 m15.2 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 345°420 m14.0 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 343°393 m11.2 mi
Copperas MountainN 3°373 m14.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 313°371 m10.5 mi
Mount PaulN 349°368 m16.2 mi
Schooleys MountainW 274°364 m16.4 mi
Kanouse MountainN 11°361 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506070757366534334
Precip in3.72.84.23.64.04.94.73.74.74.54.14.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonton 1 SE, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly130 obs
  • garlic mustard72 obs
  • American wintergreen72 obs
  • American beech65 obs
  • mayapple57 obs
  • White-tailed Deer51 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug51 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/357730375

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