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Uplands Reserve

Uplands Reserve from directly overhead

Uplands Reserve is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Baldpate Mountain stands 355 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Brook Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Hunterdon County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.51814, -74.88208

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mine Brook Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tuccamirgan Park: 1.0 mi
  • Twin Point Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Summer Road Park: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Fleming Castle Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Northlandz: 3.3 mi
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Readington Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Solitude House: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens: 43
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Duke Farms Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 16.0 mi
  • Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Solebury Orchards: 12.0 mi
  • Cabin Run covered bridge: 13.5 mi
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 13.9 mi
  • Nelson House: 15.3 mi
  • Tavern 18 century: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Island Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 15.3 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 18.0 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Kerr Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Marble Spring: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Uplands Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate MountainN 357°355 m20.7 mi
County House MountainNNW 349°348 m20.4 mi
Mount No MoreNNW 339°348 m20.9 mi
Scotts MountainNW 326°331 m18.7 mi
Fox HillNNE 15°314 m15.4 mi
Haycock MountainW 264°295 m17.8 mi
Oxford MountainNNW 344°291 m20.0 mi
Musconetcong MountainNW 325°289 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:34
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516170757366544335
Precip in3.93.14.54.14.34.84.94.24.44.53.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/952008047

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