Pheasant Hill
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. 40 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
- 4.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 11 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 12 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Hopewell Museum: 2.3 mi
- Dirck Gulick House: 3.3 mi
- Morven Museum: 6.2 mi
- Historical Society Of Princeton: 7.4 mi
- Northlandz: 8.0 mi
- The Awakening: 2.5 mi
- Einstein Statue: 6.2 mi
- Oval with Points: 6.4 mi
- Remembrance: 6.4 mi
- Albert Einstein: 6.4 mi
- John Hart Monument: 2.5 mi
- Amwell Church: 5.7 mi
- Heritage Tour - 19: 5.8 mi
- Princeton Battle Monument: 6.2 mi
- Iconic Colonade: 6.7 mi
- Saint Michael's Farm Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Hunterdon County Sourland Mountain Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Elks Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Woodfield Reservation: 4.0 mi
- Fuld Hall: 7.0 mi
- Pond dialogue: 7.1 mi
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Lake Ceva Pavilion: 10.3 mi
- Nelson House: 10.8 mi
- Sourland Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mount Rose: 3.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 5.0 mi
- Pennington Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Tenmile Run Mountain: 7.3 mi
- 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
- Alumni Grove: 10.5 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Inman Park Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 14.5 mi
- Washington's Rock: 11.7 mi
- Old Quarry: 11.8 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 17.5 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 18.8 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Gold Run: 12.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
- High Falls: 15.0 mi
- Seele: 24.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 14.8 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 17.6 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 17.7 mi
- Raritan Landing: 15.9 mi
- Kerr Spring: 21.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Hill | N 351° | 314 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Kipp | NNW 333° | 289 m | 21.3 mi |
| Musconetcong Mountain | NW 319° | 289 m | 21.9 mi |
| Hell Mountain | N 350° | 288 m | 19.1 mi |
| Long Hill | N 9° | 259 m | 24.3 mi |
| Cushetunk Mountain | NNW 340° | 254 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NNE 18° | 251 m | 22.1 mi |
| Coffman Hill | WNW 293° | 249 m | 23.8 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, 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
Day trips start here
- Montgomery Township · 3 mi
- Belle Mead · 5 mi
- Princeton · 6 mi
- Hillsborough · 7 mi
- Flemington · 9 mi
- Mercer County · 10 mi
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