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Wetzel Field

Wetzel Field from directly overhead

Wetzel Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Plumstead Hill stands 174 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Villa Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.21122, -74.73757

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Villa Park: 0.4 mi
  • Franklin Park: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kearney Avenue: 0.5 mi
  • Columbus Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
  • Centaur: 1.7 mi
  • Crossing Paths: 1.7 mi
  • Untitled (Steelroots): 1.7 mi
  • 95.5 ̊ Arc x 11 (Horizontal Arcs): 1.8 mi
  • The Awakening: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Capital City Farm: 1.4 mi
  • Water Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Acer Courtyard: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 14
  • Student Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 5.4 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 9.5 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 24.4 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 4.8 mi
  • High Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plumstead HillWNW 301°174 m22.1 mi
Sourland MountainN 2°171 m17.7 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW 294°158 m17.6 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 319°146 m10.9 mi
Strawberry HillNW 313°143 m11.3 mi
Solebury MountainNW 304°142 m15.5 mi
Goat HillNW 312°138 m14.1 mi
Pheasant HillN 360°134 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Fowler's Toad47 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly39 obs
  • Pond Slider38 obs
  • common mugwort32 obs
  • Gadwall31 obs
  • sensitive fern30 obs
  • Great Blue Heron29 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/407944138

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