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Turkey Swamp Park

Turkey Swamp Park from directly overhead

Turkey Swamp Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Mount Rose stands 126 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.19372, -74.30765
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Four Winds: 7.6 mi
  • Discovery Bay: 7.6 mi
  • Bizzaro: 7.6 mi
  • The Big Bambu and Reef Runner: 7.6 mi
  • Calypso Springs: 7.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 49
  • Songbird Native Grass/Wildflower Mixture Panel: 6.9 mi
  • Native Grass Mixture Panel: 6.9 mi
  • All Perennial Wildflower Mixture Panel: 7.0 mi
  • Native Grass Mixture Panel: 7.0 mi
  • Northern Wildflower Mixture Panel: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 46
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 0.3 mi
  • Reinhardt Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Mannino Park: 15.1 mi
  • Keystone Park: 15.5 mi
  • Frost Woods Park: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 35
Peaks: 24
Picnic sites: 15
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseWNW 299°126 m24.9 mi
Crawford HillNNE 25°120 m15.1 mi
Pine HillWNW 297°110 m6.3 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 27°106 m15.6 mi
Fairless LandfillW 263°97.2 m24.3 mi
Tenmile Run MountainNW 316°92 m22.3 mi
Rocky HillNW 305°92 m22.5 mi
Beacon HillNNE 19°82 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:09
June solstice05:2919:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5216:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526171767467564637
Precip in3.93.14.23.83.84.44.74.14.24.13.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sweet Pepperbush30 obs
  • Fowler's Toad21 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • buttonbush14 obs
  • American beech12 obs
  • American holly12 obs
  • striped wintergreen12 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 node/357739873

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