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High Mountain

High Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

High Mountain rises to 268 m in New Jersey. Buck Mountain stands 378 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is American Flag Rock, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America

Wikidata Q34922204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
268 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.97052, -74.19831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • American Flag Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Basalt Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Franklin Clove: 1.6 mi
  • T-Bowl Lanes: 2.5 mi
  • Great Oak Tree: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Speert Green: 1.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • South Rock Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Lionshead Lake Beach: 3.2 mi
  • East Beach: 3.6 mi
  • West Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Pines Lake West Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Sunny Ridge Beach: 4.1 mi
Cliffs
  • Wooden Bridge: 7.2 mi
  • Thor: 7.3 mi
  • Sir Maginot Drop: 7.4 mi
  • Big Ma Maginot Drop: 7.5 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Two Field Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Dog Run Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Lafayette Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 3.8 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of High Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 307°378 m10.2 mi
Assiniwikam MountainNW 312°360 m10.0 mi
Bald MountainN 359°351 m10.4 mi
Carris HillNW 309°341 m8.9 mi
Saddle MountainNW 315°341 m10.5 mi
High MountainNNW 347°337 m8.4 mi
Wickadoma MountainNW 310°335 m10.8 mi
North CapeN 354°332 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:33
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1915:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313241516271767466554535

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 877095 — High Mountain, Passaic County, New Jersey.

OpenStreetMap element node/357723234

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