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Bray's Hill Preserve

Bray's Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Bray's Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cushetunk Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Clinton Township
Getting there

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Coordinates40.63010, -74.85926

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Union Forge Park: 3.0 mi
  • Commons Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
  • Capoolong Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Solitude House: 3.2 mi
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Readington Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Califon Station: 6.2 mi
  • Northlandz: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 11.9 mi
  • The Lost Boys Statues: 12.9 mi
  • Farnese Bull Statue: 13.6 mi
  • Orange M&M: 16.2 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 50
Gardens: 36
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 12.3 mi
  • Duke Farms Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Grove Street Park: 13.8 mi
  • Island Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 18.7 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 19.9 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Marble Spring: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Bray's Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainN 360°375 m14.6 mi
Schooleys MountainNNE 14°364 m14.2 mi
Baldpate MountainN 350°355 m13.1 mi
County House MountainNNW 337°348 m13.3 mi
Mount No MoreNW 323°348 m14.7 mi
Danville MountainNNW 346°342 m17.0 mi
Mount MohepinokeNNW 340°340 m15.7 mi
Calais MountainNE 47°334 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2919:5320:35
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:2115:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516170757366544335
Precip in3.93.14.54.14.34.84.94.24.44.53.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/916438570

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