Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area
Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Musconetcong Mountain stands 289 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn View Heights Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 47 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 5 mi
- South Overlook · 8 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 8 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Penn View Heights Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Kunkel Park: 0.6 mi
- Thompson Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Elks Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Old Mill Road County Park: 1.1 mi
- Baldwin State Park: 1.2 mi
- Curlis Lake County Park: 1.4 mi
- Mercer Meadows County Park - Equestrian District: 1.4 mi
- Sked Street Mini Park: 1.6 mi
- The Awakening: 3.4 mi
- Cherry Grove Farm Store Cheese Wedge Sign: 4.3 mi
- Golden Spiral: 4.8 mi
- Building Up: 4.8 mi
- SOLARIAN: 4.9 mi
- John Hart Monument: 3.5 mi
- Washington and His Army Crossed the Delaware: 5.3 mi
- Washington Crossed the Delaware: 5.5 mi
- Washington Crossing Monument: 5.5 mi
- Washington Crossing: 5.6 mi
- Hopewell Museum: 3.7 mi
- The Sarnoff Collection: 4.8 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 5.6 mi
- Morven Museum: 6.3 mi
- Trenton City Museum/ Ellarslie Museum: 7.2 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 4.7 mi
- Nelson House: 5.3 mi
- Fuld Hall: 6.2 mi
- Pond dialogue: 6.2 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Birch Garden: 6.2 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Serenity Garden: 7.7 mi
- Prospect Street Garden: 7.8 mi
- West End Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Pennington Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Canoe: 3.8 mi
- Mount Rose: 3.8 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 5.9 mi
- Alumni Grove: 4.9 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 5.8 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 8.5 mi
- Shaded Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Gold Run: 6.2 mi
- High Falls: 14.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 20.8 mi
- High Falls: 23.6 mi
- Old Quarry: 8.2 mi
- Washington's Rock: 8.3 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 16.9 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 17.7 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 13.9 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 14.0 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 15.7 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Kerr Spring: 17.5 mi
- Raritan Landing: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musconetcong Mountain | NNW 332° | 289 m | 24.9 mi |
| Hell Mountain | N 358° | 288 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | N 353° | 254 m | 18.0 mi |
| Coffman Hill | NW 307° | 249 m | 24.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 349° | 186 m | 16.0 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | W 278° | 174 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | NNE 20° | 171 m | 9.3 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NE 34° | 168 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 5 mi away.
- Monarch89 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty50 obs
- Black Swallowtail47 obs
- lesser celandine41 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle36 obs
- multiflora rose36 obs
- common milkweed32 obs
- mayapple32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/956667786
Day trips start here
- Ewing · 5 mi
- Titusville · 5 mi
- Mercer County · 6 mi
- Washington Crossing Historical Park · 6 mi
- Princeton · 7 mi
- Yardley · 7 mi
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