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Jockey Hollow Cemetery Monument

Jockey Hollow Cemetery Monument from directly overhead

Jockey Hollow Cemetery Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennsylvania Line Huts, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

cemetery in Morris County, New Jersey, United States

Wikidata Q117671961, matched on coordinates and name (101 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
More than 100 Continental soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice For American liberty are buried in the cemetery their comrades warehouse in Hart’s along the Jockey Hollow Road. The people of Morristown reverently correct this monument as a tribute to
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Coordinates40.77469, -74.53844

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Pennsylvania Line Huts: 0.1 mi
  • Morris Aqueduct Company Vault: 0.5 mi
  • Bettin Oak Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Stark's Brigade Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Stone Cabin: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Abby Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 3.1 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.2 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Legend Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 4.7 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.9 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 32
  • Mine Hill Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Island Beach: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 25
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 8
  • Hawk Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 15.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 17.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 18.2 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 13.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Jockey Hollow Cemetery Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointN 354°425 m17.1 mi
Bowling Green MountainN 358°420 m16.1 mi
Green Pond MountainN 359°393 m13.3 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 308°377 m17.0 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWNW 285°375 m17.5 mi
Copperas MountainNNE 13°373 m17.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNW 334°371 m10.8 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 286°364 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6374697309

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