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Ponderosa II

Ponderosa II from directly overhead

Ponderosa II is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the north-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Apple Acres, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Passaic River Coalition
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.10889, -74.39657

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bearfort Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • West Brook Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cobb Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Wickadoma Mountain: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • town-owned property: 2.6 mi
  • town-owned public land: 2.8 mi
  • Browns Point: 4.0 mi
  • Addice Park: 7.0 mi
  • Dogwood Park: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • Lockheed Constellation: 3.1 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Roomy Mine: 5.2 mi
  • Blue Mine: 5.4 mi
  • Fairy Tale Forest: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rain Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Pinetum: 8.3 mi
  • Tree Peony Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Summer Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Azaela Garden: 8.3 mi
Museums: 60
Cliffs: 58
  • Eagle Cliff: 10.0 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 12.0 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 12.1 mi
  • Party Wall: 12.1 mi
  • Vulnerability Corner: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Eagles: 8.3 mi
  • Eagles: 8.3 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 8.4 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 8.4 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 56
  • Cliffwood Lake Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 5: 4.8 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 4: 5.1 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 6: 5.3 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 3: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 14.9 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Otter Hole: 4.9 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 5.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 21.8 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 21.8 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 22.2 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 22.2 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Ponderosa II. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Taylor MountainNNE 17°454 m7.3 mi
Wawayanda MountainNNW 333°448 m6.9 mi
Bearfort MountainN 7°445 m2.1 mi
Granite PeakNW 308°445 m7.5 mi
South PeakWNW 300°440 m7.6 mi
Hamburg MountainWNW 291°433 m7.5 mi
Vernon PeakNW 311°427 m7.4 mi
Warwick MountainNNE 18°410 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2619:5320:34
September equinox06:4618:2018:57
December solstice07:2015:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727064524233
Precip in4.13.24.54.24.04.94.64.34.95.03.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotteburg Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/868485752

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