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Ghost Bridge

Ghost Bridge from directly overhead

Ghost Bridge is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairy Tale Forest, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.06838, -74.48780

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 1.5 mi
  • Cave Tunnel: 7.3 mi
  • Frying Pan Trees: 7.7 mi
  • Zoom Ziplines at Mountain Creek: 7.8 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 8.3 mi
Parks
  • Dogwood Park: 2.5 mi
  • Edison Park: 3.7 mi
  • Edison Acres Park: 3.7 mi
  • town-owned property: 5.9 mi
  • town-owned public land: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ore Plant or Storage: 4.4 mi
  • Piggery Field: 7.3 mi
  • Splitrock Furnace: 7.4 mi
  • Slag Pile: 7.8 mi
  • Former Lion Enclosure: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 60
Gardens
  • Rain Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 11.8 mi
  • BHS Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Founder's Park: 12.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 59
  • Eagle Cliff: 9.1 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 17.4 mi
  • Party Wall: 17.4 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 17.4 mi
  • Vulnerability Corner: 17.4 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 13.2 mi
  • Eagles: 13.6 mi
  • Eagles: 13.6 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 13.6 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 55
  • Old Beach: 2.1 mi
  • New Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Cliffwood Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Lake Tamarack Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Heater's Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Otter Hole: 7.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 14.1 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 22.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 22.5 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 22.6 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
Springs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Ghost Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Taylor MountainNE 35°454 m11.9 mi
Wawayanda MountainN 10°448 m9.1 mi
Bearfort MountainNE 45°445 m7.0 mi
Granite PeakN 351°445 m7.5 mi
South PeakNNW 345°440 m6.9 mi
Hamburg MountainNNW 338°433 m5.9 mi
Vernon PeakN 354°427 m7.7 mi
Morris County High PointSW 234°425 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2619:5320:35
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727064524233
Precip in4.13.24.54.24.04.94.64.34.95.03.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotteburg Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/692479190

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