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Whittingham Wildlife Management Area

Whittingham Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Whittingham Wildlife Management Area is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Windy Orchard, a park 1.7 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.00843, -74.79961

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Windy Orchard: 1.7 mi
  • Lodestar Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pine Street Park: 3.8 mi
  • Summit Avenue Park: 3.8 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions: 57
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 6.9 mi
  • Outdoor Entertainment Area: 9.4 mi
  • Frying Pan Trees: 9.5 mi
  • Agricultural Area: 9.5 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 48
  • Beach 6: 6.8 mi
  • Beach 9: 7.1 mi
  • Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 7.3 mi
  • Beach 10: 7.5 mi
  • Beach 4: 7.5 mi
Museums: 42
  • Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 4.6 mi
  • Blairstown Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Snook Agricultural Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 10.9 mi
  • Hope Museum: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 10.5 mi
  • Tillman Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Rock Maze: 8.8 mi
  • Red M&M: 10.0 mi
  • Green M&M: 10.0 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 10.0 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Founder's Park: 9.5 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 13.8 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Whittingham Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise MountainNNE 16°500 m15.1 mi
Mount MohicanW 272°480 m12.7 mi
Mount TammanyW 261°465 m16.5 mi
Rattlesnake MountainNNW 339°454 m9.2 mi
Bird MountainNNW 341°445 m9.7 mi
Mount MinsiW 259°443 m17.5 mi
South PeakNE 53°440 m18.0 mi
Blue MountainNNW 345°439 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5420:36
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, 3 mi away.

  • round-lobed hepatica53 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern22 obs
  • red columbine18 obs
  • rue anemone18 obs
  • Widow Skimmer17 obs
  • American cancer-root17 obs
  • Gray Treefrog16 obs
  • mayapple15 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/357732584

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