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Wheeler Park

Wheeler Park from directly overhead

Wheeler Park is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62575, -74.24676

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 1.0 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • 911 Memorial: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 2.9 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.0 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 4.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Nook Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Park Hill: 8.8 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 0.9 mi
  • The Park: 6.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 15.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 16.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Seele: 8.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Wheeler Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 320°295.7 m20.1 mi
Union HillNW 318°277 m21.4 mi
Sheep HillNNW 338°276 m21.9 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 314°274 m20.9 mi
TourneNNW 333°273 m22.2 mi
Mine MountainWNW 290°251 m19.9 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 306°243 m21.1 mi
Sugar LoafNW 305°229 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 5 mi away.

  • American sweetgum33 obs
  • common mugwort28 obs
  • cinnamon fern27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • common reed26 obs
  • American Robin21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Canada Goose18 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/546177532

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