Cushetunk Mountain
Cushetunk Mountain rises to 254 m in New Jersey. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Valley Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Cushetunk Mountain (formerly Mount Ployden and Pickel's Mountain occasionally Mount Cushetunk or Coshanton) is a ring shaped mountain in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in Readington and Clinton Township in Hunterdon County. The Lenape Native Americans called the mountain "Cushetunk" meaning "place of hogs" after the wild hogs found there. In the 1960s, the valley at the heart of the mountain was dammed and filled with water to create Round Valley Reservoir. Today, the mountain and its accompanying lake act as a vital water supply to Central New Jersey, while at the same time providing numerous recreational opportunities to the region.
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Wikidata Q5196172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 254 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Goat Hill Overlook · 18 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 18 mi
- South Overlook · 19 mi
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Valley Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Bouman-Stickney Farmstead: 1.4 mi
- Readington Township Open Space.: 1.6 mi
- Hunterdon County Arboretum: 1.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bouman-Stickney Farmstead Museum: 1.3 mi
- Readington Museum: 2.5 mi
- Northlandz: 5.7 mi
- Solitude House: 5.9 mi
- Fleming Castle Museum: 6.5 mi
- Cornhuskers Park: 2.2 mi
- Sunnyside Picnic Area & Awossagame Grove: 3.6 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 4.6 mi
- Summer Road Park: 4.9 mi
- Capoolong Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Round Top: 5.8 mi
- Hell Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Mount Kipp: 8.3 mi
- Fox Hill: 9.3 mi
- Michael Pohle Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Railroad Ruins: 5.9 mi
- Hunterdon County Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Saunder’s Grist Mill Site: 6.7 mi
- Ivana Trump: 7.8 mi
- The Lost Boys Statues: 10.4 mi
- Farnese Bull Statue: 11.1 mi
- Children Reading on a Bench: 13.7 mi
- The Awakening: 15.3 mi
- Giant Cow: 17.3 mi
- Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 9.7 mi
- Devil's Tree: 12.8 mi
- Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 16.3 mi
- Solebury Orchards: 18.3 mi
- Cabin Run covered bridge: 19.0 mi
- Branchburg Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Duke Farms Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 13.8 mi
- Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden: 14.5 mi
- Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden: 14.5 mi
- Grove Street Park: 14.5 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Island Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
- Mendham Overlook Area: 19.7 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 15.9 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 17.9 mi
- Washington's Rock: 18.1 mi
- Old Quarry: 18.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
- High Falls: 15.2 mi
- High Falls: 16.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.5 mi
- Seele: 22.6 mi
- Raritan Landing: 19.9 mi
- Waterloo Village: 22.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 18.7 mi
- Mine Hill Beach: 21.7 mi
- Marble Spring: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Cushetunk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Pohatcong Mountain | N 353° | 375 m | 16.9 mi |
| Schooleys Mountain | N 6° | 364 m | 16.0 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NNW 345° | 355 m | 15.6 mi |
| County House Mountain | NNW 334° | 348 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount No More | NW 323° | 348 m | 17.5 mi |
| Danville Mountain | NNW 343° | 342 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Mohepinoke | NNW 337° | 340 m | 18.4 mi |
| Calais Mountain | NE 39° | 334 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flemington 5 NNW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 875786 — Cushetunk Mountain, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357720491
Day trips start here
- Clinton · 5 mi
- Hunterdon County · 5 mi
- Flemington · 6 mi
- Raritan · 10 mi
- Hillsborough · 11 mi
- Washington · 11 mi
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