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Stephens State Park

Stephens State Park from directly overhead

Stephens State Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Mount Mohican stands 480 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
200 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.87320, -74.80328

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 7.9 mi
  • Hope Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Califon Station: 10.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 53
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 6.3 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 8.2 mi
  • Haunted Cemetery: 8.3 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 8.3 mi
  • Free Fallin: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Red M&M: 1.3 mi
  • Green M&M: 1.3 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 1.3 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 1.3 mi
  • Blue M&M: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 29
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 5.3 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 26
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 16.2 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 16.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 12.9 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Stephens State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MohicanNW 308°480 m15.9 mi
Mount TammanyWNW 293°465 m17.4 mi
Morris County High PointNE 49°425 m15.7 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE 55°420 m16.2 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 64°393 m15.0 mi
Allamuchy MountainN 7°377 m3.7 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainSW 234°375 m3.7 mi
Mount ArlingtonENE 72°371 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5420:35
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2115:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506068737163524233
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.84.55.14.94.34.63.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/611339173

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