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Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center

Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center from directly overhead

Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Outdoor Education Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Morris County Park Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.72664, -74.41694
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Oakwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Castle Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Lincoln Field: 1.4 mi
  • Niles Park: 1.4 mi
  • Centennial Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • New Providence 9/11/01 Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Girl Scout Cabin (#10): 3.4 mi
  • Lake Surprise Boathouse (#11): 3.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Butterrfly Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 3.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Habitat: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 7.1 mi
  • African Adventure: 7.6 mi
  • Amazing Asia: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 33
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 5.9 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.3 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 6.8 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainNNW 338°393 m17.9 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 320°371 m17.1 mi
Mase MountainNNW 331°359 m18.0 mi
Cobb HillN 352°358 m18.2 mi
Lookout MountainNW 320°355 m19.8 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 322°344 m17.4 mi
Mount FreedomNW 313°341 m11.5 mi
Fugawe RidgeN 359°335 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1228749832

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