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Woodrow Wilson Service Area

Woodrow Wilson Service Area from directly overhead

Woodrow Wilson Service Area is a rest area in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Sourland Mountain stands 171 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard Stockton Travel Plaza, a rest area 0.1 miles away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.17661, -74.62965

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Byron Johnson Park: 2.0 mi
  • Pete Sensi Park: 2.3 mi
  • Dr. Farmers Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sergeant George Ashby Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Buttonwood Park: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 59
Historic sites: 57
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • John Rogers House: 6.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Thomas Roy Grover Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Old Warf: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 57
Artworks: 56
  • Garden State: 6.1 mi
  • Memory: 6.2 mi
  • Arch II: 6.2 mi
  • The Awakening: 6.2 mi
  • Black Flower: 6.2 mi
Museums: 55
  • Chesterfield Historical Society: 1.9 mi
  • New Jersey Fire Museum & Firefighters Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Civil War & Native American Museum: 3.3 mi
  • John Abbot II House: 3.3 mi
  • White Hill Mansion: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Acer Courtyard: 6.2 mi
  • Water Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 15
  • Student Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Catering Area: 10.9 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 11.5 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Old Quarry: 20.2 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Gold Run: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sourland MountainNNW171 m20.7 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW158 m23.7 mi
Baldpate MountainNW146 m16.6 mi
Strawberry HillNW143 m17.3 mi
Solebury MountainWNW142 m21.6 mi
Goat HillNW138 m20.0 mi
Pheasant HillNNW134 m17.7 mi
Corn HillNW134 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5120:32
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1815:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/789619674

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