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Pond dialogue

Pond dialogue from directly overhead

Pond dialogue is an attraction in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Scholar's Rock, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Spot from Oppenheimer movie at which the famous dialogue of J. R. Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) and Albert Einstein (Tom Conti) took place

The record

What the record says

Built
2023-07-21
Getting there

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Coordinates40.33019, -74.66808

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lawrence Circle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Turning Basin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Marquand Park: 0.8 mi
  • Princeton Battle Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Lake Field: 1.3 mi
Museums
  • Historical Society Of Princeton: 1.0 mi
  • Morven Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Historic Wicoff House Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Hopewell Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Museum Building: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Community Park North: 2.2 mi
  • Carson Road Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Public Open Space: 2.5 mi
  • John Witherspoon Woods: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Birch Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 3.5 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 17
  • Student Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 11.3 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.4 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.8 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 336°254 m20.3 mi
Round MountainNNW 331°186 m18.8 mi
Plumstead HillW 278°174 m22.9 mi
Sourland MountainNNW 342°171 m9.9 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 18°168 m19.9 mi
Round TopNNW 347°162 m24.4 mi
Buckingham MountainW 267°158 m19.7 mi
Baldpate MountainW 270°146 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

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

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11121833618

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