Picnic Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Picnic Area is a picnic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blossom Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Princeton Orchards Apartments
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 20 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 23 mi
- South Overlook · 23 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blossom Park: 0.3 mi
- Summerfield Boulevard Park: 0.3 mi
- Summerfield Park: 0.5 mi
- Tall Timbers Park: 1.1 mi
- Pigeon Swamp State Park and Forest: 1.2 mi
- Bobov cemetery NJ: 1.8 mi
- Broken Down Truck Monument: 3.4 mi
- 1818 Remembrance: 5.4 mi
- East Brunswick Municipal Pond: 5.4 mi
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity: 6.8 mi
- Reinhardt Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Heathcote Park: 4.8 mi
- Cook Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Mapleton Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Frost Woods Park: 6.2 mi
- Cranbury Museum: 4.3 mi
- Cranbury Firehouse Museum: 4.6 mi
- Cranbury History Center: 4.6 mi
- Cranbury Barn Park: 4.9 mi
- Historic Wicoff House Museum: 5.1 mi
- Peace on Earth: 5.4 mi
- Schuchardt's Holiday House: 5.5 mi
- Giant Cow: 7.7 mi
- URODA: 7.8 mi
- Upstart II: 7.9 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Fuld Hall: 9.0 mi
- Pond dialogue: 9.1 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 9.7 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 10.1 mi
- Venue Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
- Franklin Park Garden Cooperative: 5.1 mi
- East Brunswick Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 6.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.8 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 8.1 mi
- Disbrows Hill: 9.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 10.9 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
- Grove 2: 8.9 mi
- Grove 1: 8.9 mi
- Open Grove: 8.9 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 13.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 14.5 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 14.9 mi
- Seidler Beach: 15.3 mi
- Seidler's Beach: 15.5 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 15.2 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 15.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 9.8 mi
- Barber: 16.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.8 mi
- Gold Run: 18.1 mi
- Seele: 20.9 mi
- Old Quarry: 23.0 mi
- Washington's Rock: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushetunk Mountain | NW 313° | 254 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NNW 348° | 251 m | 24.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 307° | 186 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | WNW 299° | 171 m | 13.2 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | N 352° | 168 m | 15.9 mi |
| Round Top | NW 326° | 162 m | 25.0 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 261° | 146 m | 19.6 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | W 260° | 143 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/899714554
Day trips start here
- North Brunswick · 5 mi
- East Brunswick · 6 mi
- Hightstown · 7 mi
- Middlesex County · 7 mi
- New Brunswick · 8 mi
- Princeton · 8 mi
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