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Lime Kiln

Lime Kiln from directly overhead

Lime Kiln is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Camelback Mountain stands 647 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.01387, -74.96512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites: 60
  • Lime Kiln: 1.2 mi
  • Chimney: 1.5 mi
  • Dorothy L. Brennan: 2.6 mi
  • Knickerbocker Ice Company: 2.9 mi
  • Fort Hyndshaw: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Slabtown Creek Park: 1.3 mi
  • Footbridge Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 2.9 mi
  • Vail Baseball park: 4.6 mi
  • Echo Lake Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 42
  • Rock Cores: 5.3 mi
  • Pirate Fort: 7.6 mi
  • Sidewinder: 7.6 mi
  • Cannon Ball and Pirate's Plunge: 7.7 mi
  • Pirate's Peak & Black Hole: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 34
Museums: 30
  • Blairstown Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 4.8 mi
  • Pocono Indian Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Hope Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Frazetta Art Museum: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Turtle Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Kittatinny Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Kittattiny Beach: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Rock Maze: 1.5 mi
  • Red M&M: 12.6 mi
  • Green M&M: 12.6 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 12.6 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Sarah Street Garden: 12.0 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Founder's Park: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest area: 7.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Lime Kiln. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camelback MountainW 276°647 m20.3 mi
Mount GodfreyWNW 303°527 m20.2 mi
Cresco HeightsWNW 301°523 m20.0 mi
Sunrise MountainNE 42°500 m19.0 mi
Mount MohicanW 271°480 m4.0 mi
Bald HillN 354°467 m17.5 mi
Mount TammanyWSW 248°465 m8.2 mi
Kittatinny MountainWSW 245°464 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2919:5520:36
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2215:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938495968737264524233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newton, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12307323000

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