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Sunset Park

Sunset Park from directly overhead

Sunset Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Crawford Hill stands 120 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Atlantic Square Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 25 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.22559, -74.00475

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Atlantic Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bradley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Liberty Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Founder's Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Madame Marie's: 0.4 mi
  • Asbury Eighteen Mini Golf: 0.4 mi
  • Wall Stadium Speedway: 6.7 mi
  • Coastal Living LLC‎: 8.7 mi
  • Alligators: 9.4 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 58
Museums: 48
  • Historical Society of Ocean Grove: 0.9 mi
  • Diana Radio Telescope Museum: 3.9 mi
  • InfoAge Science Center: 4.0 mi
  • New Jersey Shipwreck Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Us Army Signal Corps Electronics World War Two Communications: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 34
  • COVID-19 Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Asbury Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Kula Urban Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Erlanger Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Artworks: 28
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 1.8 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 3.4 mi
  • The Hawk: 3.7 mi
  • The Involved Student: 3.7 mi
  • Go Hawks: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 13
Picnic sites: 5
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 14.1 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 17.7 mi
  • Catering Area: 23.7 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crawford HillNW 320°120 m15.0 mi
Pine HillW 272°110 m21.6 mi
Telegraph HillNW 323°106 m14.6 mi
Beacon HillNW 312°82 m15.6 mi
Throck Morton HillW 281°81 m9.4 mi
Disbrows HillW 274°79 m23.9 mi
Cranberry HillWNW 289°74 m8.1 mi
Lippincort HillWNW 288°72 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541506069757468564638
Precip in4.23.34.33.94.14.34.46.34.34.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 5 mi away.

  • Atlantic Sand Crab98 obs
  • Laughing Gull98 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab80 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull77 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly71 obs
  • Ocellate Lady Crab53 obs
  • Lined Water Jelly53 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant53 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/266222222

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