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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

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Coordinates40.66420, -75.01891

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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: 56
Nature reserves
Attractions: 43
  • 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
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 28
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
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 7
  • High Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Dunnfield Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Marble Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Horn Springs: 20.8 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 24.7 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Swayze Mine Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainNE375 m14.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNE364 m16.4 mi
Baldpate MountainNNE355 m12.2 mi
Mount No MoreN348 m9.4 mi
County House MountainNNE348 m10.4 mi
Jenny Jump MountainNNE344 m18.6 mi
Danville MountainNNE342 m14.8 mi
Mount MohepinokeNNE340 m12.8 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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