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Capoolong Wildlife Management Area

Capoolong Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Capoolong Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill Section of South Branch Reservation, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
79 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.59455, -74.93295

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Union Forge Park: 5.3 mi
  • Commons Park: 5.5 mi
  • Mine Brook Park: 6.6 mi
Museums
  • Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Solitude House: 5.8 mi
  • Fleming Castle Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Northlandz: 8.0 mi
  • Readington Museum: 8.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Totem Pole: 13.5 mi
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 15.7 mi
  • Buck Statue: 15.8 mi
  • The Lost Boys Statues: 15.9 mi
  • Shapeyard: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 8.5 mi
  • Cabin Run covered bridge: 14.7 mi
  • Solebury Orchards: 15.4 mi
  • Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 15.4 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 17
  • Island Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 18.2 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 20.8 mi
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 22.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Rest area: 23.7 mi
  • Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 24.6 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 2
  • Marble Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Capoolong Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upper Pohatcong MountainNNE 12°375 m17.5 mi
Schooleys MountainNNE 24°364 m17.8 mi
Baldpate MountainN 6°355 m15.4 mi
County House MountainN 355°348 m14.8 mi
Mount No MoreNNW 341°348 m15.1 mi
Mount MohepinokeN 355°340 m17.3 mi
Scotts MountainNW 322°331 m12.9 mi
Fox HillNE 35°314 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:35
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5316:36

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, 3 mi away.

  • dame's rocket19 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs
  • American jumpseed12 obs
  • garlic mustard10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail10 obs
  • Japanese barberry10 obs
  • lesser celandine10 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty9 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 node/357732711

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