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Schooley's Mountain County Park

Schooley's Mountain County Park from directly overhead

Schooley's Mountain County Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 295 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Spring Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
295 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Morris County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.79881, -74.78028

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rock Spring Park: 0.6 mi
  • Harrington Park: 1.2 mi
  • Elks Forest: 3.7 mi
  • Douglas A. Blake Memorial Field: 4.1 mi
  • Florence Kuipers Park: 4.5 mi
Museums
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 4.5 mi
  • Califon Station: 6.3 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 9.0 mi
  • Solitude House: 10.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 9.4 mi
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 9.9 mi
  • Legend Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 11.6 mi
  • Haunted Cemetery: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 0.7 mi
  • Orange M&M: 5.1 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 5.1 mi
  • Blue M&M: 5.1 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Beach 6: 15.6 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Rest area: 16.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Schooley's Mountain County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNE 35°425 m18.7 mi
Green Pond MountainNE 47°393 m17.0 mi
Allamuchy MountainN 355°377 m8.9 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNW 305°375 m5.2 mi
Mount ArlingtonNE 44°371 m11.3 mi
Schooleys MountainNNW 342°364 m2.2 mi
Mase MountainNE 44°359 m14.9 mi
Baldpate MountainW 281°355 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2919:5320:35
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2115:5116:35

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, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • partridgeberry63 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease40 obs
  • striped wintergreen39 obs
  • American wintergreen37 obs
  • Ghost Pipe36 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly34 obs
  • American Toad24 obs
  • Japanese barberry23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/911816825

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