Wanaque Wildlife Management Area
Wanaque Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Beech Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 205 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 26.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 8 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 25 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Beech Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Tranquility Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Monks Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hope Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bill White Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Long Pond Ironworks: 1.3 mi
- Former Lion Enclosure: 3.0 mi
- The Backyard: 4.6 mi
- Sloatsburg Cemetery: 5.7 mi
- Ruins Of Group Of Stone Houses: 6.5 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 2.3 mi
- Random Woods: 4.5 mi
- Tory Rocks Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Emerald Forest Property: 5.0 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 5.8 mi
- Browns Point: 2.3 mi
- Lion's Field Park: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Lake Park: 5.1 mi
- Louis E Euvard Memorial Field: 6.1 mi
- Tuxedo Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 3.0 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 3.1 mi
- Roomy Mine: 6.8 mi
- Balanced Rock: 7.0 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 7.1 mi
- Eagles: 4.2 mi
- Eagles: 4.2 mi
- Swan Boy: 4.4 mi
- Diana: 4.4 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 4.5 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 7.0 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 7.0 mi
- Party Wall: 7.0 mi
- Vulnerability Corner: 7.0 mi
- Yankee Ramparts: 7.1 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 8.3 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 9.5 mi
- Oakland Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- Butler Museum: 11.1 mi
- Schuyler-Colfax House Historic House Museum: 12.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 4.3 mi
- Barberry Collection: 4.3 mi
- Octagonal Garden: 4.3 mi
- Pinetum: 4.3 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 4.3 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 3.9 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 6.8 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 6: 7.8 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 5: 7.9 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 3: 8.0 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Kakiat Park: 9.9 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 1.1 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 8.3 mi
- Otter Hole: 8.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.2 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 22.7 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 22.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Monksville: 2.7 mi
- New City Village: 10.9 mi
- Doodletown: 18.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.4 mi
- Artesian Spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Wanaque Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mountain | NW 321° | 454 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bearfort Mountain | WSW 251° | 445 m | 4.8 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | NNW 334° | 410 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bellvale Mountain | NNW 340° | 406 m | 3.0 mi |
| Maple Hill | NW 306° | 373 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Peter | N 7° | 370 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Beech Mountain | ENE 61° | 365 m | 0.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 320° | 361 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 8 mi away.
- Spongy Moth33 obs
- American cancer-root31 obs
- wild geranium25 obs
- Canada mayflower25 obs
- striped wintergreen25 obs
- Japanese barberry22 obs
- Common Bagworm Moth21 obs
- sugar maple20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357732587
Day trips start here
- Passaic County · 9 mi
- Suffern · 9 mi
- Skylands · 11 mi
- Monsey · 13 mi
- Wyckoff · 13 mi
- Rockland County · 14 mi
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