Peak · New Jersey
High Rocks
High Rocks rises to 207 m in New Jersey. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dark Moon Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q16976320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.98399, -74.85184
- 10.4 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 19.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 17 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 26 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Dark Moon Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Johnsonburg Swamp Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Greendell Ridge Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Frelinghuysen Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Gnome Hollow Preserve: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Whittingham Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Evergreen Park: 3.7 mi
- Lodestar Park: 4.1 mi
- Windy Orchard: 4.5 mi
- Slabtown Creek Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
- Knickerbocker Ice Company: 3.4 mi
- Dorothy L. Brennan: 3.6 mi
- Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Chimney: 6.1 mi
- The Jersey Boys’ Camp At New Wawayanda: 6.2 mi
Peaks
- Allamuchy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Stevens Island: 5.3 mi
- Jenny Jump Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Mount Nebo: 5.8 mi
- Post Island: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 55
- Sidewinder: 7.8 mi
- Cannon Ball and Pirate's Plunge: 7.8 mi
- Pirate's Peak & Black Hole: 7.8 mi
- Pirate Fort: 7.9 mi
- Indian River: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 44
- Beach 6: 9.7 mi
- Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 9.9 mi
- Beach 9: 10.0 mi
- Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 10.2 mi
- Turtle Beach: 10.3 mi
Museums: 40
- Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 3.9 mi
- Blairstown Museum: 5.7 mi
- Hope Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hackettstown Historical Society: 9.2 mi
- Pequest Trout Hatchery: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 33
- Upper Glen Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Lower Glen Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Silver Spray Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Tillman Falls: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 19
- Rock Maze: 6.0 mi
- Red M&M: 8.3 mi
- Green M&M: 8.3 mi
- Ms. Brown M&M: 8.3 mi
- Yellow M&M: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 18
- Mount Olive Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 11.7 mi
- Founder's Park: 12.4 mi
- Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 13.0 mi
- Vickery Community Garden: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Gourmet Gallery Outdoor Seating: 5.7 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 11.2 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 12.4 mi
- Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 16.0 mi
- Grove Street Park: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Pike Rock: 6.7 mi
- Indian Head: 13.9 mi
- Indian Ladder: 13.9 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 19.8 mi
- The Cliff: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Waterloo Village: 6.9 mi
- Eshback: 12.2 mi
- Conashaugh: 19.8 mi
- New City Village: 24.0 mi
Springs: 4
- Fountain of Youth: 7.6 mi
- Artesian Spring: 18.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest area: 10.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of High Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Mountain | NNE 23° | 500 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Mohican | WNW 282° | 480 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Tammany | W 266° | 465 m | 13.6 mi |
| Kittatinny Mountain | W 260° | 464 m | 17.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | N 357° | 454 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bird Mountain | N 358° | 445 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Minsi | W 263° | 443 m | 14.5 mi |
| Blue Mountain | N 1° | 439 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 877102 — High Rocks, Warren County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357723260
Day trips start here
- Hackettstown · 9 mi
- Warren County · 10 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 12 mi
- Succasunna · 14 mi
- Washington · 14 mi
- Dover · 17 mi
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