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Pine Hill Section of South Branch Reservation

Pine Hill Section of South Branch Reservation from directly overhead

Pine Hill Section of South Branch Reservation is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill Section, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Hunterdon County
Getting there

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Coordinates40.60054, -74.90507

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Capoolong Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
  • Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
  • Union Forge Park: 4.5 mi
  • Commons Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 60
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Solitude House: 5.0 mi
  • Fleming Castle Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Readington Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Northlandz: 7.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 49
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Cabin Run covered bridge: 15.9 mi
  • Solebury Orchards: 16.3 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 16.6 mi
  • Devil's Tree: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 13.0 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Duke Farms Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Island Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 16.9 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 21.1 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 21.7 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
Springs: 2
  • Marble Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pine Hill Section of South Branch Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainN 8°375 m16.8 mi
Schooleys MountainNNE 20°364 m16.8 mi
Baldpate MountainN 1°355 m14.9 mi
County House MountainN 349°348 m14.6 mi
Mount No MoreNNW 335°348 m15.2 mi
Danville MountainN 355°342 m18.7 mi
Mount MohepinokeN 350°340 m17.1 mi
Scotts MountainNW 316°331 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:35
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516170757366544335
Precip in3.93.14.54.14.34.84.94.24.44.53.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/918861928

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