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Potash Lake Recreation Area

Potash Lake Recreation Area from directly overhead

Potash Lake Recreation Area is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Oak Tree, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.02113, -74.25901

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Great Oak Tree: 0.2 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 3.4 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 4.0 mi
  • Blue Mine: 4.0 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Great Oak Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
  • Joe Louis Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lakeside Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Joe Louis Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • US Navy Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • George Snodgrass Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Donald Miller Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • US Marines Memorial: 1.3 mi
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach Club: 1.3 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 3.2 mi
  • East Beach: 5.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Sensory Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Bride and Bull sculpture: 5.3 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 7.0 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 7.0 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 7.0 mi
  • Four Continents Statues: 7.0 mi
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.5 mi
  • Buttrest: 9.8 mi
  • Rock Dojo: 9.8 mi
  • Freefall: 9.8 mi
  • Sunrise: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Otter Hole: 5.0 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Potash Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainWNW 298°378 m5.6 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 307°360 m5.3 mi
Bald MountainNNE 24°351 m7.5 mi
West Brook MountainNW 317°347 m7.3 mi
Carris HillWNW 300°341 m4.3 mi
Saddle MountainNW 312°341 m5.8 mi
High MountainNNE 15°337 m4.8 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 304°335 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5220:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293038496069747366544435
Precip in3.42.73.94.23.65.14.74.63.94.43.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1083899499

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