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Woodlot Park

Woodlot Park from directly overhead

Woodlot Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 72 m. Hell Mountain stands 288 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bedford Road Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
72 m

What to expect

Operated by
South Brunswick Township Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.40456, -74.56353

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bedford Road Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bunker Hill Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.8 mi
  • Beachwoods Park: 1.8 mi
  • Reichler Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
  • Historic Wicoff House Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Morven Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Cranbury Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Cranbury History Center: 7.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 51
Peaks: 38
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Grove 1: 9.2 mi
  • Grove 2: 9.2 mi
  • Open Grove: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 13
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Washington's Rock: 20.3 mi
  • Old Quarry: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hell MountainNNW 328°288 m23.4 mi
Cushetunk MountainNW 314°254 m19.2 mi
Mine MountainN 354°251 m22.0 mi
Blachleys HillN 2°204 m24.3 mi
Round MountainNW 307°186 m18.6 mi
Mount Saint JohnNNW 348°179 m23.2 mi
Sourland MountainWNW 297°171 m9.6 mi
Second Watchung MountainN 3°168 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:10
June solstice05:2919:5120:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 9 mi away.

  • multiflora rose20 obs
  • Spotted Salamander16 obs
  • American tuliptree16 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly11 obs
  • American sweetgum10 obs
  • autumn olive10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal9 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/40178520

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