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Budd Lake Municipal Beach

Budd Lake Municipal Beach from directly overhead

Budd Lake Municipal Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Mount Mohican stands 480 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Olive Community Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Mt. Olive Township
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86293, -74.75128

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 10.3 mi
  • Califon Station: 10.9 mi
  • Hope Museum: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves
Attractions: 50
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 5.3 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 9.1 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 10.0 mi
  • Legend Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 3.9 mi
  • Orange M&M: 3.9 mi
  • Blue M&M: 3.9 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 3.9 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Mine Hill Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Beach 6: 10.9 mi
  • Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 11.4 mi
  • Beach 9: 11.6 mi
  • Beach 4: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Budd Lake Municipal Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MohicanNW480 m18.5 mi
Morris County High PointNE425 m14.2 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE420 m14.5 mi
Green Pond MountainENE393 m13.0 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW377 m5.0 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWSW375 m5.9 mi
Copperas MountainNE373 m18.3 mi
Mount ArlingtonENE371 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:35
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2115:5116:35

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/72100571

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