Mount Rose
Mount Rose rises to 126 m in New Jersey. Mount Kipp stands 289 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Rose Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Rose is a narrow section of the Rocky Hill Ridge in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, which is 420 feet above sea level. The ridge's western end is at The Sourlands at Hopewell-Pennington Road and its eastern end is near Province Line Road. The ridge is a diabase intrusion and unlike many of the ridges in the state, it runs from northwest to southeast. Crusher Road travels along the ridge. Pennington-Rocky Hill Road, Cherry Valley Road, Hopewell-Princeton Road and Carter Road meet at a low point along the ridge at the village of Mount Rose.
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Wikidata Q6923281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 126 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 9 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 12 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Inverness Neighborhood Park: 1.7 mi
- Farmview Fields: 2.0 mi
- Greenway Meadows: 2.6 mi
- Hobler Park: 2.8 mi
- Mercer Meadows County Park - Rosedale Park District: 2.9 mi
- Hopewell Museum: 2.5 mi
- Morven Museum: 3.2 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 3.9 mi
- Dirck Gulick House: 5.9 mi
- The Sarnoff Collection: 7.3 mi
- Fuld Hall: 3.8 mi
- Pond dialogue: 3.8 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Nelson House: 9.1 mi
- John Hart Monument: 2.6 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 3.1 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 3.3 mi
- Iconic Colonade: 3.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Mount Rose Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Woodfield Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Saint Michael's Farm Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Carson Road Woods: 2.5 mi
- John Witherspoon Woods: 2.6 mi
- The Awakening: 2.0 mi
- Albert Einstein: 3.2 mi
- Einstein Statue: 3.3 mi
- Oval with Points: 3.5 mi
- Remembrance: 3.6 mi
- Birch Garden: 3.7 mi
- Prospect Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Plainsboro community gardens: 6.7 mi
- Fairgrounds Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pennington Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sourland Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Mount Canoe: 7.5 mi
- Alumni Grove: 7.3 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 11.7 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Old Quarry: 11.6 mi
- Washington's Rock: 11.6 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 19.2 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 20.3 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Gold Run: 9.2 mi
- High Falls: 16.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.4 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.0 mi
- Kerr Spring: 21.1 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Rose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kipp | NNW 335° | 289 m | 24.8 mi |
| Hell Mountain | N 349° | 288 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNW 341° | 254 m | 16.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 335° | 186 m | 15.2 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | W 272° | 174 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | N 358° | 171 m | 6.9 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | NNE 29° | 168 m | 18.7 mi |
| Round Top | N 353° | 162 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:53 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wertsville 4 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 879815 — Mount Rose, Mercer County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728106
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 4 mi
- Montgomery Township · 5 mi
- Mercer County · 6 mi
- West Windsor · 7 mi
- Belle Mead · 8 mi
- Ewing · 8 mi
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