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Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area

Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagleswood Pine Plains, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.67512, -74.32459
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Park of the Pines: 3.1 mi
  • Heritage Park: 3.7 mi
  • A. Paul King County Park: 3.7 mi
  • Manahawkin Lake Park: 3.8 mi
  • Beach Avenue Park: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Adventure Mini Golf: 2.3 mi
  • Jacques Cousteau Coastal Centre: 5.7 mi
  • Cedar Bridge Tavern County Historic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Miss Beach Haven Fishing Charter: 8.6 mi
  • Hang Ten: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Chief Pohatcong Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Forest Firefighter Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 8.3 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 19
Nature reserves: 18
Museums: 17
Artworks: 10
  • Sea Wall Sculpture: 18.3 mi
  • Turtle (Murtle) statue: 19.1 mi
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 21.0 mi
  • Mother Goose: 22.5 mi
  • 3 Little Pigs: 22.5 mi
Peaks: 8
Gardens: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainN 8°56 m12.0 mi
Apple Pie HillWNW 303°56 m16.8 mi
East MountainN 9°55 m12.1 mi
Pine HillN 7°54 m11.7 mi
Spring HillNW 314°52 m9.7 mi
Bear Swamp HillNW 306°48 m9.2 mi
Jemima MountW 279°31 m15.8 mi
Stormy HillWNW 288°22 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:09
June solstice05:3019:4920:29
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1515:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541506070767670594839
Precip in3.23.03.92.92.63.33.74.93.33.82.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Diamondback Terrapin168 obs
  • Fragile Forktail35 obs
  • Skimming Bluet26 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk25 obs
  • Scarlet Bluet24 obs
  • Atlantic Bluet20 obs
  • Citrine Forktail20 obs
  • Swamp Spreadwing19 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/357732610

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