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Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum

Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum from directly overhead

Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sterling Hill Mining Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

historic building in Ogdensburg, New Jersey

Dates from 1910.

Wikidata Q136562422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ogdensburg Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.08055, -74.59337

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
  • Frying Pan Trees: 4.6 mi
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 6.8 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 7.2 mi
  • Outdoor Entertainment Area: 7.4 mi
  • Agricultural Area: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
  • Heater's Pond Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Lake Tamarack Beach: 2.8 mi
  • New Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Old Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Beach 1: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 52
  • Pike Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 13.6 mi
  • The Cliff: 19.3 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 22.5 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Founder's Park: 7.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 14.1 mi
  • BHS Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 16.6 mi
Museums: 48
  • Sterling Hill Mining Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Franklin Mineral Museum Inc: 2.3 mi
  • Franklin Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Snook Agricultural Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 40
Waterfalls: 31
  • Otter Hole: 12.9 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Tillman Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Pike Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.3 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.4 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise MountainNW 325°500 m11.6 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 284°454 m14.5 mi
Wawayanda MountainNE 41°448 m10.8 mi
Granite PeakNNE 33°445 m7.9 mi
Bearfort MountainENE 69°445 m11.3 mi
Bird MountainWNW 287°445 m14.5 mi
South PeakNNE 32°440 m6.9 mi
Blue MountainWNW 289°439 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2719:5320:35
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938495968727163524132
Precip in2.62.23.23.43.73.74.13.93.84.23.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1191240529

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