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McVickers Brook Preserve

McVickers Brook Preserve from directly overhead

McVickers Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mortimer L Schiff Boy Scout Reservation, a park 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mendham Borough, Schiff Natural Lands Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76358, -74.61532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Bockoven Sawmill: 1.7 mi
  • Lewis Forge Site: 2.6 mi
  • Boy Scout Cabin: 3.5 mi
  • Stone Cabin: 3.7 mi
  • Bettin Oak Monument: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Abby Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 60
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 28
  • Mine Hill Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 18.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 22.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.2 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of McVickers Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointN 7°425 m17.9 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNE 11°420 m17.2 mi
Green Pond MountainNNE 15°393 m14.6 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 320°377 m14.7 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWNW 293°375 m14.0 mi
Mount ArlingtonN 356°371 m10.5 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 296°364 m10.4 mi
Mase MountainN 7°359 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/911878605

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