Park · New Jersey
White Oak Ridge Park
White Oak Ridge Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill Reserve, a park 0.9 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.74732, -74.33432
- 20.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fox Hill Reserve: 0.9 mi
- Short Hills Park: 1.6 mi
- South Mountain Reservation: 2.1 mi
- William "Lefty" Boland Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Briant Park: 2.2 mi
Gardens
- Habitat: 1.0 mi
- Greenwood Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 1.7 mi
- Millburn Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Courtyard 1: 3.8 mi
Peaks
- Nook Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 3.0 mi
- Riker Hill: 4.4 mi
- Long Hill: 6.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 6.5 mi
Artworks
- Curate: 2.2 mi
- Louie: 2.5 mi
- Tenth Muse Gallery: 3.2 mi
- Color Field Sculpture: 4.8 mi
- Virgin Mary Statue: 4.9 mi
Museums
- Summit Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 3.0 mi
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 3.6 mi
- Imagine That!!!: 3.7 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- West Essex Park: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 2.9 mi
- West Essex Park: 3.0 mi
- East Hills Park: 3.3 mi
- Prospect Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 4.5 mi
- New Providence 9/11/01 Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Lake Surprise Boathouse (#11): 4.7 mi
Attractions
- African Adventure: 3.1 mi
- Amazing Asia: 3.1 mi
- Prairie Dog: 3.2 mi
- Australian Outback: 3.2 mi
- Animal Ambassadors: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 56
- Flamingo: 3.1 mi
- Island Beach: 11.3 mi
- Birchwood Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 12.6 mi
- Indian Lake Main Beach: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- The Park: 5.4 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Hemlock Falls: 2.4 mi
- Hobble Falls: 2.4 mi
- Seele: 6.6 mi
- Boonton Falls: 11.9 mi
- Great Falls: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Hawk Hill: 1.6 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 10.2 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 13.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Feltville Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Barber: 15.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.6 mi
- New City Village: 19.1 mi
- Waterloo Village: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 2.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of White Oak Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | WNW 297° | 341 m | 14.3 mi |
| Fugawe Ridge | NNW 344° | 335 m | 16.1 mi |
| Calais Mountain | WNW 292° | 334 m | 14.2 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NW 310° | 295.7 m | 10.9 mi |
| Stony Brook Mountains | N 351° | 289 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rock Pear Mountain | NNW 349° | 289 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 349° | 283 m | 14.5 mi |
| Randall Hill | NW 305° | 283 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 1 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee107 obs
- Japanese barberry84 obs
- wineberry71 obs
- garlic mustard62 obs
- eastern poison ivy57 obs
- American beech56 obs
- American jumpseed55 obs
- American tuliptree54 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 node/357736544
Day trips start here
- Short Hills · 0 mi
- Summit · 1 mi
- Chatham · 3 mi
- Maplewood · 3 mi
- Madison · 4 mi
- East Hanover · 5 mi
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