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Frying Pan Trees

Frying Pan Trees from directly overhead

Frying Pan Trees is an attraction in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hilltop Lakeview Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.01666, -74.61845

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hilltop Lakeview Park: 1.3 mi
  • Putting Green Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sparta Glen Park: 1.5 mi
  • Boardwalk Park: 1.7 mi
  • Playground: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 7.6 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 7.9 mi
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 8.2 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.3 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Founder's Park: 9.4 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 11.2 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • BHS Garden: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Beach 2: 1.5 mi
  • Beach 3: 1.6 mi
  • Beach 1: 1.7 mi
  • Beach 4: 1.9 mi
  • Beach 11B: 2.0 mi
Museums: 53
Artworks: 43
  • Buffalo Statue: 13.9 mi
  • Eagle: 14.4 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 14.4 mi
  • Red M&M: 15.1 mi
  • Green M&M: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Boonton Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 14.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Cliffs: 9
  • Pike Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 12.9 mi
  • The Cliff: 22.3 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 23.3 mi
  • Thor: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rest area: 22.9 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 24.6 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Frying Pan Trees. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise MountainNNW 339°500 m14.9 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 302°454 m15.0 mi
Wawayanda MountainNE 34°448 m15.1 mi
Granite PeakNNE 27°445 m12.4 mi
Bearfort MountainNE 54°445 m14.6 mi
South PeakNNE 26°440 m11.4 mi
Blue MountainNW 307°439 m15.0 mi
Hamburg MountainNNE 27°433 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2719:5320:35
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2115:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506068737163524233
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.84.55.14.94.34.63.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11435097864

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