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Lake Marguerite Nature Preserve

Lake Marguerite Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Lake Marguerite Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Mount Mohican stands 480 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffith Woods Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.78154, -75.01856

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Treadwell Farm Historic District: 3.1 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Garrett D. Wall Park: 4.4 mi
  • Budd M. Jones Municipal Park: 4.4 mi
  • River Access: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 45
  • Shippen Manor Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Lebanon Township Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 5.4 mi
  • Van Nest Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead: 6.0 mi
  • Hunter-Martin Settlement Museum: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 8.9 mi
  • Haunted Cemetery: 8.9 mi
  • Haunted Halloween House: 8.9 mi
  • Santa's Barn: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 23
  • Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Dunnfield Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
  • High Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Shapeyard: 11.4 mi
  • Leopard: 11.5 mi
  • Transcendence: 11.5 mi
  • Orange M&M: 11.6 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
Beaches: 10
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 10.1 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Lake Marguerite Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MohicanN 356°480 m16.2 mi
Mount TammanyNNW 340°465 m13.9 mi
Kittatinny MountainNW 321°464 m13.8 mi
Mount MinsiNNW 335°443 m13.6 mi
Allamuchy MountainNE 49°377 m15.4 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainENE 63°375 m9.2 mi
Schooleys MountainENE 74°364 m12.2 mi
Baldpate MountainENE 68°355 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5420:36
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2215:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727164524133
Precip in3.22.73.63.94.14.54.84.64.64.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belvidere BRG, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917856798

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