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Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary

Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary from directly overhead

Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. High Point stands 551 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Janet Van Gelder Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Jersey Audubon Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22292, -74.50709

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Maple Grange Park: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Island Town Park: 5.4 mi
  • Mountain Lake Park: 6.9 mi
  • Woodburne Veteran Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 56
  • Sprayground: 2.3 mi
  • Fishing Village: 2.3 mi
  • Cliff Jump: 2.3 mi
  • Hide Tide Wavepool: 2.4 mi
  • Surf Hill: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Tall Timbers Beach: 1.8 mi
Cliffs: 54
  • The Cliff: 17.3 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 17.7 mi
  • steep bluff: 17.7 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 18.2 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Founder's Park: 12.6 mi
  • Rain Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Goshen: 14.8 mi
  • The Bronx: 14.8 mi
  • Midtown: 14.8 mi
Museums: 31
Waterfalls: 23
  • Mine Hole Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Otter Hole: 14.7 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Hackers Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Raymondskil Falls: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 6.9 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 9.8 mi
  • Eagles: 15.4 mi
  • Eagles: 15.4 mi
  • Swan Boy: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 12.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 12.5 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 21.1 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 24.2 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointNW 310°551 m10.5 mi
Sunrise MountainW 268°500 m11.1 mi
Taylor MountainE 97°454 m8.0 mi
Wawayanda MountainSE 124°448 m3.1 mi
Granite PeakS 182°445 m3.2 mi
Bearfort MountainSE 134°445 m8.3 mi
South PeakSSW 191°440 m4.1 mi
Hamburg MountainSSW 193°433 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2619:5320:35
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063514131
Precip in3.52.73.64.23.95.24.44.55.04.73.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 1 NW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/868730925

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