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Turkey Brook Park

Turkey Brook Park from directly overhead

Turkey Brook Park is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt Olive 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86142, -74.72050

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 5.0 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 7.6 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.5 mi
  • Legend Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 11.9 mi
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 5.7 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 10.9 mi
  • Califon Station: 11.6 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Beach 6: 10.5 mi
  • Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 10.9 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Orange M&M: 5.5 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 5.5 mi
  • Blue M&M: 5.5 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 5.5 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 19.7 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 19.7 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Rest area: 17.3 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Turkey Brook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNE 35°425 m13.4 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE 41°420 m13.5 mi
Green Pond MountainNE 52°393 m11.8 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 319°377 m5.9 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainW 260°375 m7.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonNE 52°371 m6.1 mi
Mount PaulNE 37°368 m15.6 mi
Schooleys MountainWSW 240°364 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:35
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.

  • striped wintergreen113 obs
  • partridgeberry92 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly61 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
  • Ghost Pipe19 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease16 obs
  • Turkey Vulture14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/41060587

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