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Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area

Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Apple Pie Hill stands 56 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle of Chestnut Neck Memorial, a historic site 3.1 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.57518, -74.50412

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Pond Trails: 4.3 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 7.1 mi
  • Pulaski Monument: 7.2 mi
  • Mystic Islands Park: 7.2 mi
  • Patriot Lake Park: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Battle of Chestnut Neck Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Forest Firefighter Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Harrisville Paper Mill: 6.1 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 7.1 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Renault Winery: 5.8 mi
  • Smithville Speedway: 6.0 mi
  • Paddle Boats: 6.0 mi
  • Captain Fitz's Marine: 6.0 mi
  • Carousel: 6.0 mi
Museums: 20
Beaches: 17
  • Little Beach: 11.6 mi
  • North End Beach: 13.7 mi
  • The Cove at Lake Lenape: 14.5 mi
  • First Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Bally's Legend’s VIP Beach: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Turtle (Murtle) statue: 9.7 mi
  • Mother Goose: 11.5 mi
  • 3 Little Pigs: 11.5 mi
  • Moby Dick the Whale: 11.5 mi
  • Rub-a-Dub-Dub: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 5.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Apple Pie HillNNW 344°56 m16.7 mi
Forked River MountainNNE 31°56 m21.9 mi
East MountainNNE 31°55 m22.0 mi
Pine HillNNE 30°54 m21.5 mi
Spring HillN 11°52 m13.9 mi
Bear Swamp HillN 10°48 m12.4 mi
Huckleberry HillNNW 328°44 m23.0 mi
Sharps MountainNW 314°38 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3119:4920:30
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1615:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777568574739
Precip in3.43.24.53.33.33.64.54.63.64.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlantic City Intl AP, 9 mi away.

  • Diamondback Terrapin32 obs
  • Common Box Turtle23 obs
  • marsh pink13 obs
  • Seaside Dragonlet10 obs
  • Least Tern9 obs
  • Wand Loosestrife6 obs
  • Bald Eagle5 obs
  • seaside brookweed5 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 node/357732607

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