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Rockport Train Wreck Memorial

Rockport Train Wreck Memorial from directly overhead

Rockport Train Wreck Memorial is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mount Mohican stands 480 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockport Game Farm, a park 0.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Here, on June 16, 1925, at 3:25 AM, an eastbound train derailed and wrecked. The engine's boiler exploded, scalding many passengers. In spite of valiant rescue efforts by townspeople and Game Farm employees, 50 died.
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Coordinates40.82146, -74.87326

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rockport Game Farm: 0.2 mi
  • Florence Kuipers Park: 1.9 mi
  • Elks Forest: 2.8 mi
  • Port Murray Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Douglas A. Blake Memorial Field: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 60
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 3.2 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 3.9 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Shippen Manor Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Califon Station: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 7.0 mi
  • Haunted Cemetery: 7.0 mi
  • Haunted Halloween House: 7.1 mi
  • Arcade: 7.1 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Dunnfield Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 7.0 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 25
Artworks: 22
  • Orange M&M: 3.8 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 3.9 mi
  • Blue M&M: 3.9 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 3.9 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 11.4 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Fountain of Youth: 16.8 mi
  • Marble Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Horn Springs: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Rockport Train Wreck Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MohicanNNW 327°480 m16.0 mi
Mount TammanyNW 310°465 m16.1 mi
Kittatinny MountainWNW 296°464 m18.1 mi
Mount MinsiNW 306°443 m16.4 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNE 29°377 m8.3 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNE 24°375 m1.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonENE 63°371 m14.4 mi
Schooleys MountainE 83°364 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2919:5420:35
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2115:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727164524133
Precip in3.22.73.63.94.14.54.84.64.64.73.34.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9938435407

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