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Windward Beach Park

Windward Beach Park from directly overhead

Windward Beach Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Crawford Hill stands 120 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Windward Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 20 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.05789, -74.11264

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites: 48
  • Angel in Anguish-9/11 Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Stu Wagner Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Tranquility: 3.6 mi
  • Brielle Borough Hall Monument: 4.7 mi
  • R Berel Leifer's Shul: 5.8 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 29
Beaches: 24
Peaks: 17
Artworks: 14
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 8.0 mi
  • Bruce Springsteen Guitar Sculpture: 9.6 mi
  • Bradley Beach Sign: 11.3 mi
  • The Hawk: 16.2 mi
  • The Involved Student: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 4.1 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 17.6 mi
  • Catering Area: 17.7 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crawford HillN 350°120 m23.4 mi
Pine HillNW 308°110 m20.0 mi
Telegraph HillN 352°106 m23.5 mi
Beacon HillNNW 345°82 m22.8 mi
Throck Morton HillNNW 345°81 m13.8 mi
Disbrows HillNW 306°79 m22.4 mi
Cranberry HillN 352°74 m14.4 mi
Lippincort HillN 357°72 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:4920:30
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:1615:5216:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340506069757365544437
Precip in4.43.24.93.83.63.94.55.04.74.53.75.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toms River, 9 mi away.

  • striped wintergreen14 obs
  • American holly12 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly11 obs
  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • pitch pine10 obs
  • Wild Turkey9 obs
  • Mallard9 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail9 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 node/357716870

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