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Crane-Phillips House

Crane-Phillips House from directly overhead

Crane-Phillips House is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is September 11 Memorial Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.65799, -74.30184
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Garwood War Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • September 11th Memorial: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • 9/11 Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sperry Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sperry Park (North Section): 0.1 mi
  • Hansen Park: 0.2 mi
  • Girl Scout Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Tamaques Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Millburn Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 5.3 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 5.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Hidden Valley Park: 3.9 mi
  • Ash Brook Reservation: 3.9 mi
  • Fanwood Nature Center: 4.8 mi
  • Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest: 5.4 mi
  • Pralls Island: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • African Adventure: 7.6 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 7.6 mi
  • Australian Outback: 7.6 mi
  • Animal Ambassadors: 7.7 mi
  • Big Cat Country: 7.7 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 35
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 4.3 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • The Park: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Seele: 5.4 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Hawk Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.9 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Crane-Phillips House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FreedomNW 311°341 m19.2 mi
Calais MountainNW 308°334 m18.8 mi
Watnong MountainNW 323°295.7 m16.6 mi
Union HillNW 320°277 m17.8 mi
Sheep HillNNW 343°276 m18.9 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 316°274 m17.3 mi
TourneNNW 338°273 m19.0 mi
Turkey MountainN 349°268 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536272777568564638
Precip in3.73.34.44.14.24.55.34.14.24.43.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cranford, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1191740638

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