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Landsdown Meadows

Landsdown Meadows from directly overhead

Landsdown Meadows is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill Section, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hunterdon County Division of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.62207, -74.92031

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Capoolong Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Union Forge Park: 3.3 mi
  • Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Commons Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Solitude House: 3.8 mi
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Lebanon Township Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Readington Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Califon Station: 8.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 56
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 13.7 mi
  • Totem Pole: 15.5 mi
  • The Lost Boys Statues: 15.7 mi
  • Shapeyard: 16.0 mi
  • Leopard: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 6.6 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 15.4 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 15.9 mi
  • Cabin Run covered bridge: 16.6 mi
  • Josiah White II Canal Boat: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 11.3 mi
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 13.3 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Kressler Garden: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Island Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 16.3 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 21.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Rest area: 22.0 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 3
Springs: 2
  • Marble Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Landsdown Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNE 11°375 m15.5 mi
Schooleys MountainNNE 25°364 m15.8 mi
Baldpate MountainN 4°355 m13.5 mi
County House MountainN 351°348 m13.0 mi
Mount No MoreNNW 336°348 m13.5 mi
Danville MountainN 357°342 m17.1 mi
Mount MohepinokeN 352°340 m15.5 mi
Scotts MountainNW 314°331 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:35
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516170757366544335
Precip in3.93.14.54.14.34.84.94.24.44.53.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/973396259

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