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Hell Mountain Preserve

Hell Mountain Preserve from directly overhead

Hell Mountain Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Allamuchy Mountain stands 377 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hill & Dale Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tewksbury Township
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.68640, -74.78373

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Califon Station: 3.6 mi
  • Solitude House: 5.5 mi
  • Readington Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 7.4 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 7.5 mi
  • The Lost Boys Statues: 11.9 mi
  • Orange M&M: 12.5 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 12.5 mi
  • Blue M&M: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 45
Gardens: 43
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 7.9 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Grove Street Park: 8.3 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 14.5 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 17.0 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Marble Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Hell Mountain Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Allamuchy MountainN 358°377 m16.6 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNW 339°375 m11.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNE 27°371 m17.8 mi
Schooleys MountainN 357°364 m9.9 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 326°355 m10.9 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 20°355 m19.2 mi
County House MountainNW 313°348 m12.4 mi
Mount No MoreWNW 302°348 m15.0 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 solstice07:2015:5216:36

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917047681

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