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Friends of the Delaware Canal

Friends of the Delaware Canal from directly overhead

Friends of the Delaware Canal is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Flint Hill stands 308 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Parry Mansion Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

The story

American nonprofit organization

Dates from 1983.

Wikidata Q134827131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.35985, -74.95001

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Cavallo Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ely Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pat Livezey Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hewitt Park: 1.4 mi
  • Canal Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Hope Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Doylestown Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Organic Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Solebury Orchards: 4.4 mi
  • Nelson House: 6.2 mi
  • Tavern 18 century: 6.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Hayride: 6.5 mi
  • Tyler Park Equipment Rental: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Island Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 11.0 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Gold Run: 10.5 mi
  • High Falls: 16.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 9.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Friends of the Delaware Canal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint HillWNW 299°308 m24.0 mi
Haycock MountainWNW 302°295 m16.7 mi
KohlbergNW 308°294 m23.3 mi
Musconetcong MountainN 351°289 m20.9 mi
Mount KippN 3°289 m23.0 mi
The LookoutWNW 297°277 m23.3 mi
Buckwampum HillNW 311°262 m19.8 mi
SwovebergNW 310°257 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3119:5320:34
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526271767467544435
Precip in3.62.94.33.84.34.85.14.74.44.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lambertville, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12910922401

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