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Swayze Mine Ruins

Swayze Mine Ruins from directly overhead

Swayze Mine Ruins is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Musconetcong Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
1868-1939 - Magnetite ore. Deepest shaft was 75 feet deep.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.66420, -75.01891

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Bread Lock Park: 5.1 mi
  • Thomas Stewart Park: 5.6 mi
  • Commons Park: 6.4 mi
Museums
  • Lebanon Township Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Jimmy and Mary Lee Canal Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Solitude House: 7.0 mi
  • Van Nest Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead: 8.9 mi
  • Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 44
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 6.2 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 9.6 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 10.2 mi
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 11.5 mi
  • C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. Factory: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 29
Artworks: 26
  • Shapeyard: 10.2 mi
  • Leopard: 10.3 mi
  • Transcendence: 10.3 mi
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 14.9 mi
  • Totem Pole: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Island Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 17.7 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 19.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • High Falls: 9.0 mi
  • High Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Dunnfield Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Rest area: 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 22.4 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Swayze Mine Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainNE 34°375 m14.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNE 46°364 m16.4 mi
Baldpate MountainNNE 30°355 m12.2 mi
Mount No MoreN 358°348 m9.4 mi
County House MountainNNE 18°348 m10.4 mi
Danville MountainNNE 17°342 m14.8 mi
Mount MohepinokeNNE 14°340 m12.8 mi
Scotts MountainNNW 328°331 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5420:35
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516170757366544335
Precip in3.93.14.54.14.34.84.94.24.44.53.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5757277825

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