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Loantaka Brook Reservation

Loantaka Brook Reservation from directly overhead

Loantaka Brook Reservation is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Bowling Green Mountain stands 420 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Seaton-Hackney Farm Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.77329, -74.45671
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 1.9 mi
  • Butterrfly Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • No Turning Back: 1.6 mi
  • Lunch Break: 1.6 mi
  • Mutual Support: 1.6 mi
  • George Washington: 1.6 mi
  • Patriot's Farewell: 2.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 3.2 mi
  • Legend Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 6.7 mi
  • African Adventure: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 50
Picnic sites: 31
Waterfalls: 11
  • Seele: 7.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 13.8 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Loantaka Brook Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowling Green MountainNNW 343°420 m16.9 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 341°393 m14.1 mi
Copperas MountainN 359°373 m16.8 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 318°371 m13.3 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 282°364 m18.0 mi
Mase MountainNNW 332°359 m14.2 mi
Cobb HillN 359°358 m14.8 mi
Lookout MountainNW 319°355 m16.0 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard947 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel593 obs
  • White-tailed Deer354 obs
  • Norway maple224 obs
  • Groundhog205 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk185 obs
  • American Robin175 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle122 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/694841001

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