Park · New Jersey
Summit Field
Summit Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 164 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 164 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.74205, -74.28875
- 18.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 0.7 mi
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 1.7 mi
- Summit Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: 5.0 mi
- Liberty Hall Museum: 5.5 mi
Parks
- South Mountain Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Farrell Field: 1.0 mi
- Waterlands Park: 1.2 mi
- Founders Park: 1.3 mi
- Fox Hill Reserve: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 1.0 mi
- Curate: 1.5 mi
- Louie: 4.1 mi
- Fearless Girl Statue: 5.0 mi
- One Man's Search: 5.2 mi
Gardens
- Greenwood Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Treehouse Blooms & Veggies Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Habitat: 2.9 mi
- HOV Healthy Haven at Eighteenth: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Nook Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 2.1 mi
- Riker Hill: 5.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.4 mi
- Long Hill: 8.4 mi
Attractions
- African Adventure: 1.7 mi
- Amazing Asia: 1.8 mi
- Australian Outback: 1.8 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 1.8 mi
- Big Cat Country: 1.8 mi
Beaches
- Flamingo: 1.8 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 10.7 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 12.1 mi
- Island Beach: 12.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves
- East Hills Park: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 3.7 mi
- Prospect Park: 4.1 mi
- West Essex Park: 4.3 mi
- West Essex Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
- 9/11 Search And Rescue Dogs: 5.0 mi
- 9/11: 5.0 mi
- September 11th Memorial: 5.0 mi
- 9/11: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 35
- The Park: 3.0 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Hemlock Falls: 0.6 mi
- Hobble Falls: 0.6 mi
- Seele: 7.9 mi
- Boonton Falls: 13.3 mi
- Great Falls: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Hill: 0.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 9.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 9.3 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Larry Doby Service Area: 8.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 12.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 6.6 mi
- Barber: 14.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 18.3 mi
- New City Village: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 0.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Summit Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | WNW 294° | 341 m | 16.6 mi |
| Fugawe Ridge | NNW 337° | 335 m | 17.2 mi |
| Calais Mountain | WNW 290° | 334 m | 16.5 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NW 305° | 295.7 m | 13.0 mi |
| Stony Brook Mountains | NNW 343° | 289 m | 16.6 mi |
| Rock Pear Mountain | NNW 341° | 289 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 340° | 283 m | 15.5 mi |
| Union Hill | WNW 303° | 277 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 3 mi away.
- American wintergreen433 obs
- wineberry315 obs
- Japanese barberry302 obs
- garlic mustard285 obs
- American beech277 obs
- American tuliptree241 obs
- Japanese knotweed222 obs
- eastern poison ivy208 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/357730228
Day trips start here
- Maplewood · 1 mi
- Short Hills · 2 mi
- The Oranges · 3 mi
- Union · 3 mi
- Essex County · 4 mi
- Summit · 4 mi
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