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Black River Park

Black River Park from directly overhead

Black River Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Hill Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Roxbury Township
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.86521, -74.62513

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Hedden Park: 2.5 mi
  • Veterans Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Brundage Park: 2.9 mi
  • Hurd Park: 3.1 mi
  • Mooney Mountain Park: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Vickery Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Abby Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 8.1 mi
Attractions
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 3.4 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 4.0 mi
  • Legend Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 6.5 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 6.0 mi
  • Denville's History Musuem: 8.2 mi
  • Speedwell Village: 8.4 mi
  • Morris Plains Borough Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 45
  • Mine Hill Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Seele: 17.9 mi
  • Otter Hole: 19.1 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Cliffs: 9
  • Eagle Cliff: 14.5 mi
  • Pike Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 21.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Rest area: 22.1 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Black River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNE 14°425 m11.0 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNE 22°420 m10.6 mi
Green Pond MountainNNE 31°393 m8.2 mi
Allamuchy MountainWNW 296°377 m9.8 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainW 263°375 m12.4 mi
Copperas MountainNE 39°373 m13.4 mi
Mount ArlingtonN 357°371 m3.5 mi
Mount PaulNNE 20°368 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506068737163524233
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.84.55.14.94.34.63.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/914274433

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