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Williams Field

Williams Field from directly overhead

Williams Field is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mattano Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.65177, -74.21181
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 1.7 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Memorial to All Vietnam Veterans: 4.0 mi
  • O'Neill Point: 4.5 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 2.9 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.1 mi
  • Gary Lapelusa Landscaping LLC: 4.8 mi
  • Joe Holzka Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.5 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 3.2 mi
  • The Park: 5.2 mi
  • Freedom Field: 8.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Palisades: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 12.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.4 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hemlock Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Seele: 10.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Williams Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 313°295.7 m20.1 mi
Union HillNW 311°277 m21.4 mi
Sheep HillNNW 331°276 m21.1 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 307°274 m21.2 mi
TourneNNW 327°273 m21.5 mi
Mine MountainWNW 283°251 m21.2 mi
Blueberry RidgeWNW 300°243 m21.6 mi
Sugar LoafWNW 297°229 m18.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort41 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • ribwort plantain31 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
  • House Sparrow26 obs
  • white clover26 obs
  • red deadnettle23 obs
  • common dandelion21 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 node/357731902

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