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Musconetcong State Park

Musconetcong State Park from directly overhead

Musconetcong State Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaster Mill, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.90760, -74.69461

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Landing Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wills Brook Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hopatcong State Park: 1.7 mi
  • Rich Zoschak Park: 2.1 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 8.0 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 9.3 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Denville's History Musuem: 11.6 mi
  • Speedwell Village: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 50
Gardens: 39
  • Vickery Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 30
Artworks: 28
  • Red M&M: 7.5 mi
  • Green M&M: 7.5 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 7.5 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 7.5 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Rest area: 18.1 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Musconetcong State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNE 39°425 m10.0 mi
Bowling Green MountainNE 47°420 m10.2 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 62°393 m8.9 mi
Allamuchy MountainWNW 284°377 m5.4 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWSW 242°375 m9.8 mi
Copperas MountainENE 58°373 m14.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonE 81°371 m3.5 mi
Mount PaulNE 41°368 m12.3 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen25 obs
  • eastern white pine22 obs
  • common mugwort17 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly13 obs
  • House Sparrow9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • bloodroot9 obs
  • wineberry9 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/357726334

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