Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Mount Rose stands 126 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Swamp Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 8.0 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Swamp Park: 1.0 mi
- Medford Park: 2.3 mi
- Lacrosse Field #1: 2.5 mi
- Lacrosse Field #2: 2.5 mi
- Michael J. Tighe Park: 2.6 mi
- Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County: 4.2 mi
- Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County: 4.2 mi
- Oakley Farmhouse: 4.6 mi
- Monmouth County Historical Association: 5.9 mi
- Lakewood Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Monmouth County Women's Suffragette Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Gere Park: 5.7 mi
- Alfred E. Sanders Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Columbia Triumphant: 5.9 mi
- Monmouth Battle Monument: 6.0 mi
- The Four Winds: 6.7 mi
- Bizzaro: 6.7 mi
- Discovery Bay: 6.7 mi
- The Big Bambu and Reef Runner: 6.7 mi
- El Toro: 6.8 mi
- Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt: 8.5 mi
- Schuchardt's Holiday House: 14.6 mi
- Karl Jansky Monument: 15.0 mi
- Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 15.7 mi
- Eagles: 16.2 mi
- Galapagos Turtles: 6.9 mi
- Italian Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.7 mi
- Founder's Grove: 7.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.8 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 1.2 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Winding River Park: 15.4 mi
- Mannino Park: 15.8 mi
- Keystone Park: 16.1 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 1.3 mi
- Windward Beach: 14.1 mi
- L Street Bathing Beach: 15.1 mi
- Nejecho Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Point Yacht Club Private Beach: 15.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.1 mi
- Disbrows Hill: 8.4 mi
- Throck Morton Hill: 8.8 mi
- Stony Hill: 10.1 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 10.5 mi
- Thompson Grove Park: 4.4 mi
- Catering Area: 7.2 mi
- Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 10.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Power House: 23.0 mi
- South Tower: 23.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 23.0 mi
- North Tower: 23.0 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 13.0 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 16.4 mi
- Raritan Landing: 23.9 mi
- Barber: 24.2 mi
- Ong's Hat: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose | WNW 301° | 126 m | 24.7 mi |
| Crawford Hill | NNE 26° | 120 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 306° | 110 m | 6.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 28° | 106 m | 16.5 mi |
| Fairless Landfill | W 264° | 97.2 m | 23.6 mi |
| Tenmile Run Mountain | NW 319° | 92 m | 22.3 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 307° | 92 m | 22.4 mi |
| Beacon Hill | NNE 21° | 82 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freehold-marlboro, 10 mi away.
- Sweet Pepperbush31 obs
- Fowler's Toad19 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- Monarch17 obs
- buttonbush13 obs
- American holly12 obs
- striped wintergreen12 obs
- Ghost Pipe10 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/357732597
Day trips start here
- Freehold · 6 mi
- Manalapan · 6 mi
- Jackson Township · 7 mi
- Englishtown · 8 mi
- Hightstown · 12 mi
- Allentown · 14 mi
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