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Flanders-Drakestown Road Stone Arch Bridge

Flanders-Drakestown Road Stone Arch Bridge from directly overhead

Flanders-Drakestown Road Stone Arch Bridge is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Olive Community Garden, a garden 1.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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Inscription
A two-span stone arche bridge across the south branch of the Raritan river was constructed at this site c1860. Faciliatating the increase in local traffic and industry. It replaced a neardy 1830s structure and was the oldest of its type in morris county
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Coordinates40.84313, -74.75242

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 4.0 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Califon Station: 9.7 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 10.1 mi
  • Hope Museum: 12.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 55
Nature reserves
Attractions: 49
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 6.6 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 9.7 mi
  • Legend Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 10.5 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 3.9 mi
  • Orange M&M: 4.1 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 4.1 mi
  • Blue M&M: 4.1 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 25
Waterfalls: 22
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Boiling Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 18.3 mi
  • Marble Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Flanders-Drakestown Road Stone Arch Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNE425 m15.4 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE420 m15.5 mi
Green Pond MountainNE393 m13.9 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW377 m6.2 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainW375 m5.7 mi
Mount ArlingtonNE371 m8.2 mi
Schooleys MountainWSW364 m2.4 mi
Mase MountainNE359 m11.8 mi
Conditions

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11472684845

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