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Snake Hill County Park

Snake Hill County Park from directly overhead

Snake Hill County Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Slag Pile, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
217 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.95149, -74.51210

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Slag Pile: 1.9 mi
  • Splitrock Furnace: 2.8 mi
  • September 11th, 2001 Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Susan Skovronek: 4.7 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Denville Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • BHS Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 10.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Cliffs: 57
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.9 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 16.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 17.0 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 17.0 mi
  • Thor: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 21
Waterfalls: 15
  • Boonton Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Otter Hole: 10.7 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.1 mi
Springs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Snake Hill County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNW 325°425 m5.8 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 333°420 m4.4 mi
Green Pond MountainWNW 303°393 m2.0 mi
Buck MountainNE 48°378 m11.1 mi
Copperas MountainNNE 29°373 m5.1 mi
Mount ArlingtonWSW 248°371 m6.5 mi
Mount PaulNNW 347°368 m6.4 mi
Kanouse MountainNE 37°361 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5320:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727064524233
Precip in4.13.24.54.24.04.94.64.34.95.03.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotteburg Rsvr, 7 mi away.

  • striped wintergreen34 obs
  • Common Whitetail21 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer19 obs
  • Blue Dasher18 obs
  • Swamp Spreadwing15 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk14 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum14 obs
  • Eastern Newt13 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/357736483

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