Rutgers Geology Museum
Rutgers Geology Museum is a museum in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Freedom stands 341 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Peter the Apostle R.C. Church, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Geology Hall (also Geological Hall) is a historic building on the Queens Campus of Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was built from April 1871 to June 1872 to house various science classes and the Rutgers Geology Museum. The museum was established in 1872 by George Hammell Cook, Rutgers' then professor of geology, with a collection of specimens whose assembly began in the 1830s under Cook's predecessor, Lewis Caleb Beck. As classes and offices moved out of the hall, the museum expanded until it occupied the entire hall by the mid-20th century. In 1973, the hall was added to the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) with Old Queens, President's House, Van Nest Hall, Daniel S. Schanck Observatory, the Kirkpatrick Chapel, and Winants Hall as part of the Old Queens Campus historic district. The hall was designed and built by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in stone in a style its NRHP nomination form describes as "straightforward and [employing] both Gothic elements and classical forms."
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Dates from 1872.
Wikidata Q7382814, matched on coordinates and name (22 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1872
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rutgers University
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 26 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 28 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 28 mi
- South Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Peter the Apostle R.C. Church: 0.1 mi
- Gray Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Mason Gross Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Walking Man: 0.1 mi
- In Side Out: 0.1 mi
- William the Silent: 0.2 mi
- The Tuning Fork Oracle: 0.4 mi
- Chair for Looking at Manhattan Island: 1.0 mi
- Zimmerli Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Joyce Kilmer House: 0.4 mi
- Metlar-Bodine House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Abraham Staats House: 5.3 mi
- Sayreville Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Voorhees Mall: 0.1 mi
- Kilmer Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Rodkin Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- Liberty Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Monument Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Resurrection Garden: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park Good Earth Garden: 1.5 mi
- Rutgers Gardens: 2.1 mi
- North Brunswick Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
- South River Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Tices Lane Park: 3.7 mi
- Country Lane Park: 4.2 mi
- Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Six Mile Run Reservoir Site: 4.5 mi
- Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve: 4.9 mi
- East Jersey Olde Towne Village: 1.9 mi
- Monster Mini Golf: 3.4 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Brick Water Tower: 5.0 mi
- Sayre & Fisher Reading Room: 5.2 mi
- First School Bell Sayreville, NJ: 5.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.4 mi
- First Watchung Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Second Watchung Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Long Hill: 13.8 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 10.2 mi
- Paul's Beach: 10.4 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beach: 10.9 mi
- Robinsons Beach: 11.1 mi
- Seidler Beach: 11.5 mi
- Grove 1: 1.1 mi
- Grove 2: 1.2 mi
- Open Grove: 1.3 mi
- Grove 3A: 1.4 mi
- Grove 3B: 1.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 12.5 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.4 mi
- Seele: 11.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 19.3 mi
- Hobble Falls: 19.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 22.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 1.3 mi
- Barber: 10.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 13.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Hawk Hill: 18.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rutgers Geology Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Freedom | NNW 344° | 341 m | 24.6 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NNW 342° | 334 m | 23.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | NW 311° | 314 m | 24.8 mi |
| Watnong Mountain | N 354° | 295.7 m | 24.3 mi |
| Seward Hill | NNW 329° | 289 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hell Mountain | NW 305° | 288 m | 22.9 mi |
| Union Hill | N 351° | 277 m | 25.0 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | N 349° | 274 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Brunswick 3 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4403759525
Day trips start here
- Highland Park · 1 mi
- New Brunswick · 1 mi
- Piscataway · 2 mi
- Somerset · 2 mi
- Middlesex County · 4 mi
- North Brunswick · 4 mi
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