Park · New Jersey
Wilson Park
Wilson Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Side Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.63677, -74.26709
- 18.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Sunny Side Park: 0.4 mi
- Deerfield Park: 0.5 mi
- Weiser Park: 0.7 mi
- Second Ward Park: 0.7 mi
- Fourth Ward Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Stone Mercedes 240D: 1.5 mi
- Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 2.0 mi
- September 11 Memorial Monument: 2.4 mi
- Garwood War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 3.2 mi
Museums
- Crane-Phillips House: 2.3 mi
- Liberty Hall Museum: 3.5 mi
- Belcher Ogden Mansion: 3.5 mi
- Bonnel House Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Miller-Cory House Museum: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- Fish: 3.2 mi
- One Man's Search: 3.3 mi
- Enough: 3.4 mi
- Fish: 3.4 mi
- Fearless Girl Statue: 3.7 mi
Gardens
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.4 mi
- Butterfly garden: 3.5 mi
- Tamaques Garden: 3.7 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 5.3 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 3.5 mi
- Pralls Island: 4.0 mi
- Ash Brook Reservation: 4.6 mi
- Neck Creek Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Arlington Marsh Park: 4.9 mi
Attractions
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard: 6.1 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 6.1 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 7.4 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 7.6 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 7.8 mi
Peaks
- Nook Hill: 7.2 mi
- Todt Hill: 8.4 mi
- Emerson Hill: 9.3 mi
- Mayapple Hill: 9.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.5 mi
Beaches
- Flamingo: 9.1 mi
- Huguenot Beach: 9.3 mi
- Annadale Beach: 9.3 mi
- Krogh Beach: 9.5 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 36
- Linden Airport mini-park: 2.0 mi
- The Park: 6.3 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Sky Top Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Hawk Hill: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 13.8 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 15.8 mi
- Palisades: 15.8 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Seele: 7.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 7.9 mi
- Hobble Falls: 8.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 5.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 5.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.8 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- North Tower: 22.2 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Feltville Historic District: 7.0 mi
- Barber: 7.4 mi
- Raritan Landing: 13.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 8.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Wilson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NW 311° | 341 m | 21.5 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NW 308° | 334 m | 21.1 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | NW 321° | 295.7 m | 18.8 mi |
| Union Hill | NW 319° | 277 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NNW 340° | 276 m | 20.8 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | NW 315° | 274 m | 19.7 mi |
| Tourne | NNW 335° | 273 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | WNW 288° | 251 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 4 mi away.
- common mugwort31 obs
- Canada Goose30 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
- ground-ivy21 obs
- American Robin20 obs
- American sweetgum20 obs
- lesser celandine19 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/357731925
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