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Taft Memorial Field

Taft Memorial Field from directly overhead

Taft Memorial Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 173 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard M Wilcox Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
173 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.89048, -74.45541

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richard M Wilcox Park: 0.3 mi
  • Erin Smith Park: 0.7 mi
  • Island Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Rainbow Lakes Park: 1.0 mi
  • Denville Park Meadow: 1.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Denville Community Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • BHS Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 5.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Susan Skovronek: 1.5 mi
  • Denville's Beacon: 1.7 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Boonton Iron Works Blast Furnace Ruins: 2.4 mi
  • Construction of the Dam: 2.4 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 59
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.4 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 12.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.0 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 55
  • "Limestone" Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Bear Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 5.9 mi
  • Tripod Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Whale Head Rock: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 21
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boonton Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Otter Hole: 12.1 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Taft Memorial Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 325°425 m10.9 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 329°420 m9.5 mi
Green Pond MountainNW 319°393 m7.0 mi
Buck MountainNNE 24°378 m12.8 mi
Copperas MountainN 357°373 m8.7 mi
Mount ArlingtonW 281°371 m9.2 mi
Mount PaulNNW 337°368 m11.4 mi
Kanouse MountainN 10°361 m10.6 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen474 obs
  • American wintergreen91 obs
  • partridgeberry68 obs
  • American beech39 obs
  • Ghost Pipe34 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease30 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum28 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly28 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/1053689827

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