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Mount Paul Preserve

Mount Paul Preserve from directly overhead

Mount Paul Preserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnett Brook Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Schiff Natural Lands Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.77184, -74.64242

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Bockoven Sawmill: 1.6 mi
  • Lewis Forge Site: 2.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Cabin: 4.2 mi
  • Stone Cabin: 4.5 mi
  • Bettin Oak Monument: 5.4 mi
Gardens
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Abby Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Museums
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 7.3 mi
  • The Mahan Collection: 8.0 mi
  • Tunis-Ellicks House: 8.0 mi
  • Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 57
Beaches: 27
  • Mine Hill Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 9
  • Hawk Hill: 17.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 19.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 23.1 mi
  • Pike Rock: 23.3 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest area: 23.4 mi
  • Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.6 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Mount Paul Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNE 12°425 m17.5 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNE 16°420 m17.0 mi
Green Pond MountainNNE 21°393 m14.4 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 323°377 m13.3 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWNW 293°375 m12.4 mi
Mount ArlingtonN 4°371 m10.0 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 297°364 m8.8 mi
Mase MountainNNE 14°359 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/866789517

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