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Charlestown Reserve

Charlestown Reserve from directly overhead

Charlestown Reserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Allamuchy Mountain stands 377 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hunterdon County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.69447, -74.97453

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Commons Park: 4.4 mi
  • Union Forge Park: 4.7 mi
  • Treadwell Farm Historic District: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 56
  • Lebanon Township Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Solitude House: 4.9 mi
  • Califon Station: 7.4 mi
  • Shippen Manor Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Jimmy and Mary Lee Canal Museum: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 44
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 11.8 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 12.3 mi
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 14.0 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 29
Artworks: 23
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 11.8 mi
  • Shapeyard: 12.3 mi
  • Leopard: 12.3 mi
  • Transcendence: 12.3 mi
  • Orange M&M: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 10
  • High Falls: 12.1 mi
  • High Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.9 mi
Springs: 6
Beaches: 6
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 18.1 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 23.3 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Rest area: 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area: 21.8 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Charlestown Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Allamuchy MountainNNE 30°377 m18.6 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNE 30°375 m11.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNE 45°364 m13.3 mi
Baldpate MountainNNE 24°355 m9.3 mi
Mount No MoreNNW 340°348 m7.8 mi
County House MountainN 6°348 m7.9 mi
Jenny Jump MountainNNE 13°344 m15.9 mi
Danville MountainN 9°342 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5420:35
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:36

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/916264943

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