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Mount Paul Memorial Park

Mount Paul Memorial Park from directly overhead

Mount Paul Memorial Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 246 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Paul, a peak 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
246 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Morris County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.76395, -74.65528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Bockoven Sawmill: 2.4 mi
  • Lewis Forge Site: 3.1 mi
  • Boy Scout Cabin: 5.1 mi
  • B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag: 5.1 mi
  • B. Bruce Anderson: 5.1 mi
Museums
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 6.7 mi
  • The Mahan Collection: 8.1 mi
  • Tunis-Ellicks House: 8.5 mi
  • Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 5.1 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Abby Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 56
Beaches: 24
  • Mine Hill Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 18.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 19.9 mi
  • Pike Rock: 23.6 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 23.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Rest area: 23.1 mi
  • Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Mount Paul Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNE 13°425 m18.2 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNE 18°420 m17.7 mi
Green Pond MountainNNE 23°393 m15.2 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW 327°377 m13.4 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWNW 297°375 m12.0 mi
Mount ArlingtonN 8°371 m10.6 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 302°364 m8.5 mi
Mase MountainNNE 16°359 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen187 obs
  • partridgeberry164 obs
  • American wintergreen50 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease41 obs
  • Beechdrops40 obs
  • Japanese barberry29 obs
  • American Toad23 obs
  • rue anemone23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/867316481

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