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Morven Museum

Morven Museum from directly overhead

Morven Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Hell Mountain stands 288 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Princeton Battle Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34780, -74.66694

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Princeton Battle Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Tiger Park: 0.3 mi
  • Palmer Square Green: 0.3 mi
  • Cannon Green: 0.4 mi
  • Albert E. Hinds Plaza: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Community Park North: 1.0 mi
  • Public Open Space: 1.3 mi
  • John Witherspoon Woods: 1.5 mi
  • All Saints Preserve: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens: 44
  • Prospect Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Birch Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 2.4 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 36
Picnic sites: 17
  • Alumni Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 11.7 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.5 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.4 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morven Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hell MountainNNW 343°288 m24.7 mi
Cushetunk MountainNNW 335°254 m19.2 mi
Round MountainNNW 328°186 m17.8 mi
Plumstead HillW 275°174 m22.8 mi
Sourland MountainNNW 339°171 m8.8 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 19°168 m18.7 mi
Round TopNNW 346°162 m23.2 mi
Buckingham MountainW 264°158 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/198964332

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