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Van Horn Park

Van Horn Park from directly overhead

Van Horn Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Megan Kanka Memorial Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.25310, -74.69142

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Megan Kanka Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Colonial Lake Park: 1.8 mi
  • Periwinkle Park: 1.8 mi
  • Colonial Lake Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fred Sayen Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
  • Space of Stone: 1.8 mi
  • Garden State: 1.8 mi
  • Dorion: 1.8 mi
  • Memory: 1.8 mi
  • The Nine Muses: 1.8 mi
Museums
  • Museum Building: 1.8 mi
  • Civil War & Native American Museum: 3.4 mi
  • John Abbot II House: 3.4 mi
  • Meredith Havens Fire Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Old Barracks Museum: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 48
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Acer Courtyard: 1.9 mi
  • Water Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Capital City Farm: 3.7 mi
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 20
  • Student Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.1 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.7 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.9 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 24.4 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 344°254 m24.9 mi
Round MountainNNW 340°186 m23.2 mi
Plumstead HillWNW 291°174 m23.1 mi
Sourland MountainN 353°171 m14.9 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW 283°158 m18.9 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 299°146 m10.9 mi
Strawberry HillWNW 294°143 m11.8 mi
Solebury MountainWNW 291°142 m16.3 mi
Conditions

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard43 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper32 obs
  • trifoliate orange24 obs
  • Great Blue Heron22 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
  • American Robin21 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia21 obs
  • Huron Skipper20 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 way/40180487

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