Mortimer L Schiff Boy Scout Reservation
Mortimer L Schiff Boy Scout Reservation is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is McVickers Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McVickers Brook Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Schiff Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Schiff Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Schiff Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Burnett Brook Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- ladlpark: 1.0 mi
- Mendham Borough Park: 1.5 mi
- Highlands Ridge Park: 3.4 mi
- Liberty Park: 3.7 mi
- Olcott Square: 3.9 mi
- Mount Paul: 1.6 mi
- Long Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Saint John: 2.8 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Seward Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bockoven Sawmill: 1.8 mi
- Lewis Forge Site: 2.8 mi
- Boy Scout Cabin: 3.8 mi
- Stone Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Bettin Oak Monument: 4.2 mi
- Cross Estate Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Abby Garden: 5.0 mi
- Theodore Largman Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Vickery Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- The Washington Township Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Legend Rock: 4.1 mi
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 5.2 mi
- Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.3 mi
- Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 6.4 mi
- Devil's Tree: 9.2 mi
- The Mahan Collection: 6.6 mi
- Tunis-Ellicks House: 6.6 mi
- Jacobus Vanderveer House: 6.7 mi
- Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Schuyler-Hamilton House Museum: 8.0 mi
- Patriot's Farewell: 7.6 mi
- The Way to Independence: 7.7 mi
- Eagle: 7.9 mi
- George Washington: 8.3 mi
- No Turning Back: 9.3 mi
- Mine Hill Beach: 7.6 mi
- Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 9.9 mi
- Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 11.0 mi
- Indian Lake Main Beach: 11.3 mi
- Parks Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
- Grove Street Park: 4.2 mi
- Mendham Overlook Area: 4.5 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 8.3 mi
- Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 13.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Wooden Bridge: 22.2 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 22.5 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 22.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 12.5 mi
- Seele: 13.0 mi
- Boonton Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hobble Falls: 17.3 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.7 mi
- Waterloo Village: 12.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 13.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 19.0 mi
- New City Village: 21.4 mi
- Barber: 24.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 13.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Mortimer L Schiff Boy Scout Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County High Point | N 7° | 425 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bowling Green Mountain | NNE 12° | 420 m | 17.4 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | NNE 15° | 393 m | 14.8 mi |
| Allamuchy Mountain | NW 321° | 377 m | 14.7 mi |
| Upper Pohatcong Mountain | WNW 294° | 375 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Arlington | N 357° | 371 m | 10.7 mi |
| Schooleys Mountain | WNW 297° | 364 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mase Mountain | N 8° | 359 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset AP, 10 mi away.
- American wintergreen91 obs
- striped wintergreen90 obs
- partridgeberry65 obs
- wineberry53 obs
- American pokeweed50 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly48 obs
- Beechdrops42 obs
- garlic mustard41 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/357725966
Day trips start here
- Bernardsville · 4 mi
- Basking Ridge · 5 mi
- Far Hills · 5 mi
- Randolph · 6 mi
- Long Hill · 8 mi
- Morris County · 8 mi
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