Park · New Jersey
Tamaques Reservation
Tamaques Reservation is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tamaques Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.62899, -74.33682
- 15.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.2 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Tamaques Park: 0.1 mi
- Westfield Girl Scout Park: 1.2 mi
- Windsor Park: 1.3 mi
- Unami Park: 1.3 mi
- Cacciola Mini Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Tamaques Garden: 0.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 4.2 mi
- Butterfly garden: 4.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 6.4 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Ash Brook Reservation: 1.2 mi
- Fanwood Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 5.3 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
- Garwood War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Westfield 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Westfield Vietnam War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Westfield World War I Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Westfield World War II Memorial: 1.6 mi
Museums
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Crane-Phillips House: 2.7 mi
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 3.2 mi
- Trailside Nature and Science Center: 4.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Light Dispelling Darkness: 6.1 mi
- Louie: 6.1 mi
- Color Field Sculpture: 6.2 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 6.2 mi
- Music of Metuchen: 6.2 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 7.2 mi
- Nook Hill: 7.6 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 10.3 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Todt Hill: 11.8 mi
Attractions
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 8.0 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 8.4 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 9.5 mi
- African Adventure: 9.9 mi
- Amazing Asia: 10.0 mi
Beaches
- Flamingo: 10.0 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 10.3 mi
- Krogh Beach: 10.5 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 11.1 mi
- Annadale Beach: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 4.9 mi
- The Park: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Seele: 4.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 8.8 mi
- Hobble Falls: 8.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Hawk Hill: 7.8 mi
- Palisades: 17.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 17.3 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 17.4 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 6.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 6.3 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 17.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.0 mi
- North Tower: 24.4 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Barber: 8.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 10.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 9.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Tamaques Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 319° | 341 m | 19.3 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 316° | 334 m | 18.7 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NNW 332° | 295.7 m | 17.3 mi |
| Seward Hill | WNW 302° | 289 m | 20.9 mi |
| Union Hill | NNW 329° | 277 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sheep Hill | N 350° | 276 m | 20.4 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 325° | 274 m | 17.7 mi |
| Tourne | NNW 345° | 273 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 3 mi away.
- American Robin39 obs
- White-tailed Deer36 obs
- Japanese knotweed34 obs
- common mugwort31 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
- eastern poison ivy24 obs
- lesser celandine24 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/357730730
Day trips start here
- Clark · 2 mi
- Rahway · 3 mi
- Scotch Plains · 3 mi
- Union County · 3 mi
- Linden · 5 mi
- Union · 6 mi
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