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Frelinghuysen Mansion

Frelinghuysen Mansion from directly overhead

Frelinghuysen Mansion is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1891
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.80279, -74.45314

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 1.3 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 1.8 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Monroe Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Jacob Ford Park: 0.8 mi
  • Washington's Headquarters: 0.8 mi
  • Beatrice R Tucker Field: 0.9 mi
  • Green Field: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.9 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.9 mi
  • Legend Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 8.3 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 43
Picnic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 12
  • Boonton Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Seele: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 11.8 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 13.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 13.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Frelinghuysen Mansion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNW 337°425 m16.3 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 340°420 m15.0 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 337°393 m12.3 mi
Copperas MountainN 358°373 m14.7 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 311°371 m12.0 mi
Kanouse MountainN 6°361 m16.6 mi
Mase MountainNNW 327°359 m12.5 mi
Cobb HillN 358°358 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/374498866

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