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Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center from directly overhead

Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is a park in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 393 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Willowwood Arboretum, a park 0.4 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

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What to expect

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Morris County
Getting there

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Coordinates40.73068, -74.70811

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willowwood Arboretum: 0.4 mi
  • Liberty Park: 2.7 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 3.6 mi
  • Far Hills Fair Grounds: 4.8 mi
  • Highlands Ridge Park: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Jacobus Vanderveer House: 5.5 mi
  • Califon Station: 6.8 mi
  • The Mahan Collection: 9.3 mi
  • Readington Museum: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 6.3 mi
  • Orange M&M: 11.1 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 11.1 mi
  • Blue M&M: 11.1 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 54
Gardens: 46
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Grove Street Park: 3.8 mi
  • Primrose Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Mendham Overlook Area: 9.6 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 12.1 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Marble Spring: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Hawk Hill: 21.1 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 23.5 mi
  • Pike Rock: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainNNE 28°393 m18.5 mi
Allamuchy MountainNNW 342°377 m14.3 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainNW 314°375 m11.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNE 18°371 m13.4 mi
Schooleys MountainNNW 327°364 m8.1 mi
Mase MountainNNE 23°359 m16.8 mi
Baldpate MountainWNW 300°355 m11.8 mi
Lookout MountainN 10°355 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail127 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander91 obs
  • partridgeberry59 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee53 obs
  • Christmas fern52 obs
  • Monarch48 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper46 obs
  • American wintergreen44 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8479218045

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