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Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower

Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower from directly overhead

Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower is an attraction in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Brick Water Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1875

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47023, -74.35969

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Ken Buchanan Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Washington School Park: 0.4 mi
  • War Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Boemhurst Avenue Park: 1.1 mi
  • Causeway Park: 1.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • South River Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Resurrection Garden: 4.4 mi
  • East Brunswick Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks: 52
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 24
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 2.4 mi
  • Grove 4: 3.5 mi
  • Grove 3B: 3.6 mi
  • Grove 3A: 3.6 mi
  • Open Grove: 3.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Seele: 13.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNW 324°251 m21.6 mi
Sugar LoafNNW 337°229 m23.1 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 340°217 m23.1 mi
Mount KembleNNW 338°215 m22.2 mi
Blachleys HillNNW 334°204 m22.1 mi
Kinneys HillNNW 343°180 m23.4 mi
Mount Saint JohnNW 319°179 m23.9 mi
Stony HillNNE 14°179 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4618:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:35

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/924484678

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