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Temple Park

Temple Park from directly overhead

Temple Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Ceva Pavilion, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.28028, -74.77211

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
  • Building Up: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Spiral: 0.7 mi
  • SOLARIAN: 0.8 mi
  • TCNJ Topiary: 0.9 mi
  • Cherry Grove Farm Store Cheese Wedge Sign: 3.5 mi
Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 48
  • Serenity Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Prospect Street Garden: 3.6 mi
  • West End Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Capital City Farm: 3.8 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 20
  • Alumni Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 5.3 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 5.7 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 10.1 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 19.9 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainN 353°254 m22.2 mi
Round MountainN 349°186 m20.2 mi
Plumstead HillWNW 291°174 m18.4 mi
Sourland MountainN 11°171 m13.1 mi
Buckingham MountainW 280°158 m14.4 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 303°146 m6.3 mi
Strawberry HillWNW 294°143 m7.1 mi
Solebury MountainWNW 290°142 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • eastern poison ivy28 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage24 obs
  • garlic mustard24 obs
  • Brown Anole23 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle22 obs
  • Monarch21 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/719045789

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