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Wolf Hill Recreation Area

Wolf Hill Recreation Area from directly overhead

Wolf Hill Recreation Area is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Wharf Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 25 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.30504, -74.02240

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Wharf Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cowan Park: 1.1 mi
  • Norwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Greely Parade Ground: 1.2 mi
  • Van Kirk Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
  • Eatontown Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Allen House: 2.5 mi
  • Monmouth Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Monmouth Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Historical Society of Ocean Grove: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Erlanger Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.2 mi
  • COVID-19 Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Asbury Park Community Garden: 6.1 mi
Attractions
  • Seabright Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Madame Marie's: 5.8 mi
  • Asbury Eighteen Mini Golf: 5.9 mi
  • Nike Missile: 9.0 mi
  • Nike Missile: 9.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves: 59
Picnic sites: 12
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Thompson Grove Park: 17.2 mi
  • Chick-fil-A Fan Zone: 18.0 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Fallkill Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wolf Hill Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillNNW 347°125 m21.0 mi
Crawford HillNW 305°120 m10.5 mi
Pine HillWSW 257°110 m21.2 mi
Telegraph HillNW 308°106 m10.0 mi
Beacon HillWNW 295°82 m11.7 mi
Throck Morton HillWSW 246°81 m9.0 mi
Disbrows HillW 260°79 m23.3 mi
Cranberry HillWSW 247°74 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541506069757468564638
Precip in4.23.34.33.94.14.34.46.34.34.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 1 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly85 obs
  • Mallard37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle33 obs
  • House Sparrow29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 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/39681850

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