Musconetcong Mountain
Musconetcong Mountain rises to 289 m in New Jersey. Upper Pohatcong Mountain stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill Reserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Musconetcong Mountain is a ridge in the Highlands region of New Jersey running south of and parallel to the Musconetcong River. The ridge travels through Alexandria, Holland, Bethlehem and Lebanon Township.
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Wikidata Q6940353, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 289 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 24.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 12 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 21 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 22 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Run State Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Bread Lock Park: 5.7 mi
- Commons Park: 6.0 mi
- Capoolong Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Pohatcong Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Mount Kipp: 5.0 mi
- Silver Hill: 6.0 mi
- Scotts Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Gravel Hill: 8.4 mi
- Lebanon Township Museum: 5.0 mi
- Solitude House: 6.5 mi
- Jimmy and Mary Lee Canal Museum: 7.1 mi
- Van Nest Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead: 9.5 mi
- Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum: 9.9 mi
- Swayze Mine Ruins: 0.6 mi
- Railroad Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Morris Canal Prism: 7.7 mi
- The Sailor and Soldier's Monument: 9.8 mi
- Railroad roundhouse: 10.0 mi
- Tower Hill Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Hoffman Park: 2.4 mi
- Charlestown Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Schick Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Hagedorn Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Hall Christmas Tree Farm: 6.1 mi
- Delaware River Railroad Excursions: 10.2 mi
- Crayola Experience: 10.7 mi
- Josiah White II Canal Boat: 12.0 mi
- Cabin Run covered bridge: 16.6 mi
- Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 8.2 mi
- Kressler Garden: 10.8 mi
- Juliana Street Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- South 10th and Pine Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Lower Hackett Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Shapeyard: 10.8 mi
- Leopard: 10.8 mi
- Transcendence: 10.9 mi
- Children Reading on a Bench: 14.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 15.8 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 10.3 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Mount Washington: 10.5 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 14.0 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 15.6 mi
- High Falls: 9.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 20.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 22.5 mi
- Dunnfield Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Island Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 18.2 mi
- Grove Street Park: 18.7 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 19.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 9.5 mi
- Horn Springs: 21.4 mi
- Stempa Spring: 24.3 mi
- Kerr Spring: 24.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 22.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 15.8 mi
- Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 19.6 mi
- Waterloo Village: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Musconetcong Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Pohatcong Mountain | NNE 31° | 375 m | 14.9 mi |
| Schooleys Mountain | NE 44° | 364 m | 16.3 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NNE 27° | 355 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount No More | N 355° | 348 m | 9.9 mi |
| County House Mountain | NNE 15° | 348 m | 10.6 mi |
| Jenny Jump Mountain | NNE 16° | 344 m | 18.8 mi |
| Danville Mountain | NNE 15° | 342 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Mohepinoke | NNE 11° | 340 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 878666 — Musconetcong Mountain, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357726330
Day trips start here
- Clinton · 5 mi
- Washington · 6 mi
- Hunterdon County · 8 mi
- Frenchtown · 9 mi
- Phillipsburg · 10 mi
- Easton · 11 mi
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