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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dalton Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates40.52245, -74.28563
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dalton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Columbus Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pattern Center Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Youth League Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Bruce A. Turcotte Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • George Washington: 1.5 mi
  • Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Victims of Terrorism Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Middlesex County War Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Pellman Cottage: 3.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 3.2 mi
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 3.5 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 4.2 mi
  • Studio Theater: 4.4 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 4.5 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 7.5 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 57
Picnic sites: 25
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.6 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.4 mi
  • Grove 4: 7.5 mi
  • Grove 3B: 7.6 mi
  • Grove 3A: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Palisades: 19.9 mi
  • Palisades: 22.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.7 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seele: 11.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNW 310°251 m21.7 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 323°243 m24.6 mi
Sugar LoafNW 324°229 m21.8 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 327°217 m21.5 mi
Mount KembleNW 324°215 m20.9 mi
Blachleys HillNW 320°204 m21.2 mi
Kinneys HillNNW 331°180 m21.6 mi
Stony HillN 6°179 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • eastern poison ivy19 obs
  • Common Garter Snake18 obs
  • Mourning Dove16 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake16 obs
  • European Starling15 obs
  • American sweetgum15 obs
  • common mugwort15 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/39681693

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