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Cage Hill

Cage Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cage Hill rises to 258 m in New Jersey. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 454 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

The story

Cage Hill is a conical hill in Sussex County, New Jersey. The summit rises to 846 feet (258 m), overlooking the confluence of Lubbers Run and the Musconetcong River to the south, and Jefferson Lake to the north. It is part of the New York–New Jersey Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Wikidata Q16850274, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
258 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.92260, -74.73655

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
  • Waterloo Villige: 1.1 mi
  • Wills Brook Park: 2.4 mi
  • Musconetcong State Park: 2.4 mi
  • Tamarack Park: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 60
Historic sites
  • Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Plaster Mill: 2.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Monument: 3.2 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 3.6 mi
  • Chimney: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 55
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 10.8 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 11.5 mi
  • Hope Museum: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 46
Gardens: 34
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Waterfall: 16.3 mi
  • Lower Glen Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Red M&M: 6.1 mi
  • Green M&M: 6.1 mi
  • Ms. Brown M&M: 6.1 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 6.1 mi
  • Blue M&M: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest area: 15.9 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Cushetunk Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
Springs: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Cage Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake MountainNNW 335°454 m15.9 mi
Bird MountainNNW 337°445 m16.4 mi
Blue MountainNNW 339°439 m16.6 mi
Morris County High PointNE 51°425 m10.8 mi
Bowling Green MountainENE 59°420 m11.4 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 73°393 m10.5 mi
Allamuchy MountainW 275°377 m3.0 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainSW 229°375 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5420:35
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2115:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357719180

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