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Pequest Wildlife Management Area

Pequest Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Pequest Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Mount Mohican stands 480 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pequest Trout Hatchery, a museum 0.4 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
136 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.84038, -74.94962

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Port Murray Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Swayze Mill Park: 4.3 mi
  • Rockport Game Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Florence Kuipers Park: 5.4 mi
  • Treadwell Farm Historic District: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 49
  • Legend of Jenny Jump: 4.2 mi
  • Haunted Cemetery: 4.2 mi
  • Haunted Halloween House: 4.2 mi
  • Santa's Barn: 4.2 mi
  • Arcade: 4.2 mi
Museums: 41
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery: 0.4 mi
  • Shippen Manor Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Hope Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • Lebanon Township Museum: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Lower Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Dunnfield Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Smithfield Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 5.0 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Orange M&M: 6.7 mi
  • Blue M&M: 6.7 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 6.7 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 6.7 mi
  • Green M&M: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 7.7 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 14.5 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Pequest Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MohicanNNW 338°480 m13.0 mi
Mount TammanyNW 317°465 m12.3 mi
Kittatinny MountainWNW 299°464 m14.0 mi
Mount MinsiNW 311°443 m12.5 mi
Allamuchy MountainNE 54°377 m10.1 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainE 89°375 m4.6 mi
Mount ArlingtonENE 73°371 m17.6 mi
Schooleys MountainE 95°364 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2919:5420:36
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2215:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727164524133
Precip in3.22.73.63.94.14.54.84.64.64.73.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belvidere BRG, 7 mi away.

  • Rainbow Trout22 obs
  • common selfheal10 obs
  • Eastern Newt9 obs
  • Ghost Pipe9 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 obs
  • Monarch7 obs
  • Green Frog7 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor7 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/357732616

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