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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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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
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
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
Attractions: 50
  • 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: 37
  • 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
Beaches: 28
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
Waterfalls: 24
  • 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
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Rest area: 16.1 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Boiling Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 18.3 mi
  • Marble Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 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 PointNE 37°425 m15.4 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE 43°420 m15.5 mi
Green Pond MountainNE 52°393 m13.9 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW 339°377 m6.2 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainW 269°375 m5.7 mi
Mount ArlingtonNE 52°371 m8.2 mi
Mount PaulNE 39°368 m17.7 mi
Schooleys MountainWSW 246°364 m2.4 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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