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West Windsor Community Park

West Windsor Community Park from directly overhead

West Windsor Community Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Nest Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
28 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.30373, -74.60528

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Historic Wicoff House Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Historical Society Of Princeton: 4.2 mi
  • Morven Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Cranbury Barn Park: 4.5 mi
  • Cranbury History Center: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 49
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Birch Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 5.4 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 38
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 9.3 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Old Quarry: 18.0 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 331°254 m23.4 mi
Round MountainNW 325°186 m22.1 mi
Sourland MountainNNW 331°171 m12.9 mi
Second Watchung MountainN 8°168 m20.9 mi
Buckingham MountainW 272°158 m23.0 mi
Baldpate MountainW 277°146 m14.2 mi
Strawberry HillW 275°143 m15.3 mi
Solebury MountainW 277°142 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5120:32
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1815:5316:36

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, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort73 obs
  • mock strawberry65 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly56 obs
  • Canada Goose43 obs
  • multiflora rose38 obs
  • garlic mustard29 obs
  • low smartweed25 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/40180581

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