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Cold Brook Preserve

Cold Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Cold Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Allamuchy Mountain stands 377 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 1.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Hunterdon County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.67623, -74.75289

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
  • Hill & Dale Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Hell Mountain Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Hill & Dale Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Hacklebarney State Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
  • Readington Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Califon Station: 5.3 mi
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 5.7 mi
  • Solitude House: 7.0 mi
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 8.5 mi
  • The Lost Boys Statues: 10.3 mi
  • Farnese Bull Statue: 11.1 mi
  • Orange M&M: 13.5 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 46
Gardens: 45
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 11.2 mi
  • Duke Farms Community Garden: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Grove Street Park: 8.1 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 12.4 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 13.5 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 16.6 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Marble Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Cold Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Allamuchy MountainN 353°377 m17.4 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNW 334°375 m12.8 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNE 21°371 m17.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNNW 349°364 m10.8 mi
Mase MountainNNE 25°359 m21.2 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 321°355 m12.5 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 15°355 m19.4 mi
County House MountainNW 310°348 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2919:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2015:5216:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340516170757366544435
Precip in3.22.23.93.63.54.24.95.23.83.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917031251

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