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Budd Lake Wildlife Management Area

Budd Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Budd Lake Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 286 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lou Nelson Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
286 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.88204, -74.74683

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lou Nelson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Turkey Brook Greenway: 1.5 mi
  • Wills Brook Park: 1.7 mi
  • Drakes Brook Park: 2.4 mi
  • Waterloo Villige: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 4.7 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 10.8 mi
  • Hope Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 57
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 4.0 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 8.5 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 9.5 mi
  • Legend Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 35
Gardens: 34
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Abby Garden: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 17.7 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 17.8 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Red M&M: 4.3 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 4.3 mi
  • Green M&M: 4.3 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 4.3 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Rest area: 15.6 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
Springs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Budd Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNE 43°425 m13.1 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE 50°420 m13.5 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 61°393 m12.1 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 321°377 m4.0 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWSW 245°375 m6.6 mi
Copperas MountainENE 58°373 m17.4 mi
Mount ArlingtonENE 69°371 m6.6 mi
Mount PaulNE 44°368 m15.4 mi
Conditions

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen141 obs
  • partridgeberry75 obs
  • American wintergreen51 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 obs
  • Spring Peeper20 obs
  • Beech Leaf Disease18 obs
  • Ghost Pipe17 obs
  • Wood Frog14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357736519

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