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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Sourland Mountain stands 171 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War & Native American Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.21015, -74.67134

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Civil War & Native American Museum: 0.6 mi
  • John Abbot II House: 0.7 mi
  • Museum Building: 3.0 mi
  • Chesterfield Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Meredith Havens Fire Museum: 4.8 mi
Parks
  • Endicott Park: 1.2 mi
  • Sharps Lane Park: 1.3 mi
  • Periwinkle Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bernard Foley: 1.5 mi
  • Limewood Drive Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
  • Garden State: 3.0 mi
  • Memory: 3.0 mi
  • Arch II: 3.0 mi
  • Black Flower: 3.0 mi
  • The Nine Muses: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 52
  • Acer Courtyard: 3.0 mi
  • Water Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 31
Picnic sites: 20
  • Student Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.9 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 12.4 mi
  • Catering Area: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 7.9 mi
  • High Falls: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Old Quarry: 17.1 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 19.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sourland MountainN 351°171 m18.0 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW 291°158 m20.8 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 308°146 m13.5 mi
Strawberry HillWNW 303°143 m14.2 mi
Solebury MountainWNW 298°142 m18.5 mi
Goat HillNW 304°138 m16.9 mi
Pheasant HillNNW 346°134 m14.8 mi
Corn HillNW 313°134 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5120:32
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1815:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Green Frog15 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly14 obs
  • Greylag Goose13 obs
  • American Robin13 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/40183129

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