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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 78 m. Bowling Green Mountain stands 420 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Seaton-Hackney Farm Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.76103, -74.44948
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seaton-Hackney Farm Park: 0.8 mi
  • Gibbons Pines Park: 0.9 mi
  • Baseball Batting Cage: 1.0 mi
  • Ranger Batting Cage: 1.0 mi
  • Drew Home Team Bullpen: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Butterrfly Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 2.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 3.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • No Turning Back: 2.4 mi
  • Lunch Break: 2.4 mi
  • Mutual Support: 2.4 mi
  • George Washington: 2.6 mi
  • Patriot's Farewell: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 3.9 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 4.1 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 6.4 mi
  • Legend Rock: 7.0 mi
  • African Adventure: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 31
  • Primrose Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 4.8 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Seele: 6.9 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 14.1 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.3 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Loantaka Brook Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowling Green MountainNNW 343°420 m17.8 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 341°393 m15.1 mi
Copperas MountainN 357°373 m17.6 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 319°371 m14.2 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 285°364 m18.6 mi
Mase MountainNNW 333°359 m15.1 mi
Cobb HillN 357°358 m15.7 mi
Lookout MountainNW 320°355 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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard950 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel637 obs
  • White-tailed Deer368 obs
  • Norway maple221 obs
  • American Robin214 obs
  • Groundhog208 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk193 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle123 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/52845429

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