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Stein Field

Stein Field from directly overhead

Stein Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tully Field, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.59707, -74.29322
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tully Field: 0.6 mi
  • Roosevelt Field: 0.6 mi
  • Brennan Field: 0.7 mi
  • Milton Lake Park: 0.8 mi
  • Berzinec Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 1.8 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 5.9 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 1.8 mi
  • Ash Brook Reservation: 3.2 mi
  • Island of Meadows: 4.9 mi
  • Pralls Island: 4.9 mi
  • Sharrotts Shoreline: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Pyramid Of Iselin: 3.1 mi
  • Edison Memorial Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 4.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 4.6 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 5.3 mi
  • Fish: 5.6 mi
  • Fish: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 4.9 mi
  • Carousel for All Children: 7.1 mi
  • The South Pole: 7.2 mi
  • Monster Mini Golf: 7.5 mi
  • Heyerdahl Ruins: 8.1 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Picnic sites: 31
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 2.8 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • The Park: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Seele: 7.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Palisades: 16.5 mi
  • Palisades: 18.6 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 18.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Stein Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNW 319°341 m22.5 mi
Calais MountainNW 316°334 m21.9 mi
Watnong MountainNNW 329°295.7 m20.3 mi
Union HillNNW 326°277 m21.5 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 323°274 m20.8 mi
Long HillWNW 301°259 m22.6 mi
Mine MountainWNW 298°251 m18.5 mi
Mount PaulWNW 302°245 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer49 obs
  • American Bullfrog45 obs
  • Canada Goose37 obs
  • common mugwort37 obs
  • American Robin33 obs
  • Painted Turtle31 obs
  • Pond Slider31 obs
  • American sweetgum31 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 way/445852457

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