Veterans Park Recreation Area
Veterans Park Recreation Area is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Holy Trinity Picnic Site, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sheinfine Park: 0.5 mi
- Bissett's Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Grekoski Park: 0.7 mi
- Causeway Park: 0.9 mi
- Daley's Pond Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- South River Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- East Brunswick Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 4.2 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 4.8 mi
- East Brunswick Museum: 1.8 mi
- Sayreville Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 5.2 mi
- Rutgers Geology Museum: 5.5 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 5.5 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 1.9 mi
- George Diffin Park: 1.9 mi
- Brick Water Tower: 2.1 mi
- Reading Room: 2.3 mi
- Sayreville United Methodist Chruch: 2.3 mi
- Country Lane Park: 2.0 mi
- Keystone Park: 2.0 mi
- Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 2.1 mi
- Frost Woods Park: 2.6 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 2.1 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 2.3 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 2.4 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 4.9 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 7.3 mi
- Peace on Earth: 2.9 mi
- Rising: 4.0 mi
- Schuchardt's Holiday House: 4.2 mi
- Current: 4.2 mi
- Spiral Field: 4.2 mi
- Beacon Hill: 9.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.6 mi
- Crawford Hill: 10.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 11.1 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Paul's Beach: 6.4 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 6.8 mi
- Seidler Beach: 7.4 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 7.6 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 0.4 mi
- Grove 4: 4.1 mi
- Grove 3B: 4.1 mi
- Grove 3A: 4.2 mi
- Open Grove: 4.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 9.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.0 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 22.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 22.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
- North Tower: 20.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 20.7 mi
- Power House: 20.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.9 mi
- Seele: 15.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 21.8 mi
- Hobble Falls: 21.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 6.7 mi
- Barber: 8.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 16.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 20.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Mountain | NNW 328° | 251 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NNW 340° | 229 m | 24.6 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | NNW 343° | 217 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Kemble | NNW 341° | 215 m | 23.8 mi |
| Blachleys Hill | NNW 337° | 204 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Saint John | NW 324° | 179 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | N 11° | 175 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | W 275° | 171 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 3 mi away.
- Green Frog57 obs
- Fowler's Toad36 obs
- low pricklypear25 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly21 obs
- Mourning Dove20 obs
- White-tailed Deer20 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth17 obs
- common mugwort16 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 way/320789381
Day trips start here
- East Brunswick · 2 mi
- Middlesex County · 2 mi
- Edison · 4 mi
- Piscataway · 4 mi
- Highland Park · 5 mi
- New Brunswick · 5 mi
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