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Proprietary House

Proprietary House from directly overhead

Proprietary House is a museum in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Mine Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kearny Cottage Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

historic building in Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Wikidata Q7250427, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1764
Elevation
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.50343, -74.26931
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Sadowski Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bayview Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bay City Amphitheater Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bay View Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pattern Center Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Rev John C. Drumgoole: 2.6 mi
  • Light Dispelling Darkness: 4.6 mi
  • Studio Theater: 5.1 mi
  • Music of Metuchen: 5.5 mi
  • Carteret Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 5.7 mi
  • South River Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 7.9 mi
  • Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Rutgers Gardens: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 53
Picnic sites: 25
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 7.1 mi
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 7.7 mi
  • Grove 4: 8.0 mi
  • Grove 3B: 8.2 mi
  • Grove 3A: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seele: 13.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Cliffs: 5
  • Hawk Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Palisades: 20.4 mi
  • Palisades: 22.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 24.9 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mine MountainNW 311°251 m23.2 mi
Sugar LoafNW 324°229 m23.4 mi
Gillespie HillNNW 327°217 m23.1 mi
Mount KembleNW 324°215 m22.5 mi
Blachleys HillNW 320°204 m22.7 mi
Kinneys HillNNW 330°180 m23.1 mi
Stony HillN 4°179 m21.4 mi
Mayapple HillN 357°175 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2819:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5116:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341526171767467554537
Precip in3.73.04.43.94.04.84.84.74.24.13.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/362694586

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