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G. Thomas Donch Nature Preserve

G. Thomas Donch Nature Preserve from directly overhead

G. Thomas Donch Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Basalt Beach, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.98060, -74.19839

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Basalt Beach: 0.3 mi
  • American Flag Rock: 0.7 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 1.5 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 2.7 mi
  • Great Oak Tree: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Russell Farms Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wyckoff Community Park: 1.8 mi
  • Barbour Pond Park Additions: 2.0 mi
  • Barbour Pond Park: 2.1 mi
  • Children's Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 2.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Lafayette Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Old Waldwick School Bell: 4.0 mi
  • World War I Centennial Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Waldwick 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Pompton Furnace: 4.3 mi
Beaches
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 3.9 mi
  • East Beach: 4.0 mi
  • West Beach: 4.2 mi
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 7.9 mi
  • Thor: 8.0 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 8.1 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 8.2 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buttermilk Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.5 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of G. Thomas Donch Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainWNW 304°378 m9.8 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 309°360 m9.6 mi
Bald MountainN 359°351 m9.7 mi
Carris HillNW 306°341 m8.5 mi
Saddle MountainNW 312°341 m10.0 mi
High MountainNNW 346°337 m7.7 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 307°335 m10.3 mi
North CapeN 354°332 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander49 obs
  • Green Frog29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • Mute Swan19 obs
  • Spring Peeper19 obs
  • white snakeroot19 obs
  • Japanese barberry17 obs
  • wineberry17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/760090883

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