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Pheasant Hill

Pheasant Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pheasant Hill rises to 134 m in New Jersey. Fox Hill stands 314 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bessie Grover Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Somerset County, New Jersey

Wikidata Q34891142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
134 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41844, -74.73822

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bessie Grover Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.2 mi
  • Hobler Park: 2.3 mi
  • Skillman Park: 2.6 mi
  • Inverness Neighborhood Park: 2.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 47
Gardens: 36
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 5.9 mi
  • Prospect Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Birch Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 9.2 mi
  • Branchburg Community Garden: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Alumni Grove: 10.5 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Inman Park Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Gold Run: 12.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
  • High Falls: 15.0 mi
  • High Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Seele: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hooks Creek Lake Beach: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pheasant Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fox HillN 351°314 m22.0 mi
Mount KippNNW 333°289 m21.3 mi
Musconetcong MountainNW 319°289 m21.9 mi
Hell MountainN 350°288 m19.1 mi
Long HillN 9°259 m24.3 mi
Cushetunk MountainNNW 340°254 m13.3 mi
Mine MountainNNE 18°251 m22.1 mi
Coffman HillWNW 293°249 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.83.04.34.04.44.75.54.34.54.43.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wertsville 4 NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 879263 — Pheasant Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey.

OpenStreetMap element node/357727252

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