Park · New Jersey
Taylor Park
Taylor Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Millburn Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.72244, -74.30591
- 20.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Millburn Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Greenwood Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Habitat: 2.0 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 2.3 mi
- Treehouse Blooms & Veggies Community Garden: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Curate: 0.1 mi
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 1.6 mi
- Louie: 2.8 mi
- Fearless Girl Statue: 4.7 mi
- One Man's Search: 4.8 mi
Parks
- Denham Park: 0.6 mi
- Short Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Charles Cohn Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Ruby Park: 1.2 mi
- Washington Avenue Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Nook Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 3.6 mi
- Riker Hill: 6.2 mi
- Stony Hill: 7.0 mi
- Long Hill: 7.1 mi
Museums
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 1.6 mi
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 1.7 mi
- Summit Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Trailside Nature and Science Center: 4.4 mi
- Deacon Andrew Hetfield House: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Hidden Valley Park: 2.2 mi
- East Hills Park: 4.4 mi
- West Essex Park: 4.7 mi
- West Essex Park: 5.2 mi
- Prospect Park: 5.5 mi
Attractions
- African Adventure: 3.3 mi
- Amazing Asia: 3.3 mi
- Australian Outback: 3.4 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 3.4 mi
- Prairie Dog: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- September 11th Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 4.2 mi
- Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 56
- Flamingo: 3.4 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 12.2 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 12.6 mi
- Island Beach: 13.5 mi
- Birchwood Lake Beach: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- The Park: 3.7 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Hemlock Falls: 2.1 mi
- Hobble Falls: 2.2 mi
- Seele: 6.4 mi
- Boonton Falls: 14.0 mi
- Great Falls: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Hawk Hill: 1.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 10.8 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 10.9 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 5.1 mi
- Barber: 13.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 16.7 mi
- New City Village: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 24.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 2.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Taylor Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | WNW 300° | 341 m | 16.4 mi |
| Fugawe Ridge | NNW 341° | 335 m | 18.2 mi |
| Calais Mountain | WNW 296° | 334 m | 16.2 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NW 312° | 295.7 m | 13.1 mi |
| Stony Brook Mountains | NNW 347° | 289 m | 17.7 mi |
| Rock Pear Mountain | NNW 345° | 289 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 345° | 283 m | 16.5 mi |
| Union Hill | NW 310° | 277 m | 14.5 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 | 16:34 |
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 | 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 wintergreen222 obs
- wineberry183 obs
- Japanese barberry178 obs
- American beech148 obs
- American tuliptree128 obs
- American Robin121 obs
- garlic mustard117 obs
- winged euonymus107 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 way/39681546
Day trips start here
- Maplewood · 2 mi
- Short Hills · 2 mi
- Summit · 3 mi
- Union · 3 mi
- Chatham · 4 mi
- The Oranges · 5 mi
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