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Turtleback Park

Turtleback Park from directly overhead

Turtleback Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
25 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.27278, -74.73361

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.4 mi
  • Campus Green: 0.5 mi
  • Central Park: 0.6 mi
  • Charles Gilphin Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 40
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Water Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Acer Courtyard: 2.7 mi
  • Capital City Farm: 3.2 mi
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 20
  • Alumni Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 6.5 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 7.8 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 12.1 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 21.8 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 348°254 m23.0 mi
Round MountainNNW 344°186 m21.2 mi
Plumstead HillWNW 290°174 m20.5 mi
Sourland MountainN 2°171 m13.4 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 23°168 m24.8 mi
Buckingham MountainW 281°158 m16.5 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 298°146 m8.3 mi
Strawberry HillWNW 292°143 m9.2 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, 4 mi away.

  • Canada Goose394 obs
  • lesser celandine389 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel346 obs
  • garlic mustard288 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty287 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage271 obs
  • common mugwort267 obs
  • American holly258 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 node/357748785

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