Veterans Park
Veterans Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Second Watchung Mountain stands 168 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Labbe Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert Labbe Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Brookside Park: 0.8 mi
- Allocco Park: 1.2 mi
- Leocadia Park: 1.3 mi
- Helen Harding Hayes Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Raritan Rocket: 0.8 mi
- COVID-19 Memorial Spiral: 2.4 mi
- Middletown North Lion: 3.5 mi
- Middletown North Senior Mural: 3.6 mi
- Karl Jansky Monument: 3.8 mi
- Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center: 2.2 mi
- Keyport Fire Museum and Education Center: 2.3 mi
- Keyport Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Holmes Hendrickson House: 3.4 mi
- Burrowes Mansion Museum: 3.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Holmdel Horn Antenna: 2.3 mi
- The South Pole: 7.0 mi
- Nike Missile: 9.3 mi
- Nike Missile: 9.3 mi
- John Seip: 2.4 mi
- Frederick Post: 2.4 mi
- Wasilly Lapchuk: 2.4 mi
- Luke E. Slover, Jr.: 2.4 mi
- William J. Uhrig: 2.4 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 2.7 mi
- Japanese Themed Garden: 2.7 mi
- Bonsai Display: 2.7 mi
- Display Garden: 2.8 mi
- Composting Demo: 2.8 mi
- Tatum Park: 2.8 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 6.6 mi
- Mount Loretto Unique Area: 6.7 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 7.1 mi
- Lemon Creek - Sandy Brook Bluebelt: 7.2 mi
- Belvedero Beach: 2.9 mi
- Ideal Beach: 3.2 mi
- Cliffwood Beach: 3.7 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 4.1 mi
- Seidler Beach: 4.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Crawford Hill: 2.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 4.4 mi
- Garrett Hill: 4.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 7.1 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 14.0 mi
- Grove 4: 14.4 mi
- Grove 3B: 14.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 8.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 9.0 mi
- North Tower: 9.5 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 9.5 mi
- Power House: 9.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 19.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 19.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 19.7 mi
- Seele: 21.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.7 mi
- Barber: 9.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.0 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Palisades: 23.2 mi
- Hawk Hill: 23.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Watchung Mountain | WNW 302° | 168 m | 23.9 mi |
| Long Hill | NW 323° | 126 m | 24.1 mi |
| Todt Hill | NNE 12° | 125 m | 12.7 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 212° | 120 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 226° | 110 m | 18.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 195° | 106 m | 1.8 mi |
| Tenmile Run Mountain | W 271° | 92 m | 22.9 mi |
| Nook Hill | NNW 341° | 92 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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, 9 mi away.
- Bald Eagle25 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron20 obs
- Song Sparrow16 obs
- American Robin16 obs
- White-tailed Deer14 obs
- Eastern Cottontail14 obs
- Osprey14 obs
- House Sparrow13 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/9772379631
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 2 mi
- Old Bridge · 7 mi
- Perth Amboy · 8 mi
- Edison · 11 mi
- Staten Island · 11 mi
- Woodbridge · 11 mi
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