Pochuck Mountain
Pochuck Mountain rises to 361 m in New Jersey. High Point stands 551 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tall Timbers Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Pochuck Mountain is a ridge in the New York-New Jersey Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. Pochuck Mountain's summit and most of its peaks lie within Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, although the south-western portion of the ridge lies within Hardyston Township, and the north-eastern tip of the ridge extends over the New York state line into Orange County. The ridge marks the eastern edge of the Great Appalachian Valley, and it divides the watersheds of the Wallkill River and its tributary Pochuck Creek. The two rivers meet at Pochuck Neck, marking the terminus of the ridge.
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Wikidata Q7206341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 361 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 24.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 4 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 15 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vernon Peak: 2.6 mi
- Granite Peak: 2.7 mi
- Bear Peak: 2.9 mi
- South Peak: 3.3 mi
- Wawayanda Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Piggery Field: 4.5 mi
- Old Pharmacy: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Monument: 8.5 mi
- Ghost Bridge: 10.1 mi
- High Point Monument: 10.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- Maple Grange Park: 2.5 mi
- Woodburne Veteran Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Pine Island Town Park: 6.7 mi
- Mountain Lake Park: 8.1 mi
- Cliff Jump: 1.9 mi
- Sprayground: 1.9 mi
- Fishing Village: 1.9 mi
- Hide Tide Wavepool: 1.9 mi
- Surf Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Janet Van Gelder Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Hill Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Stony Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- Emerald Forest Property: 9.8 mi
- The Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Pike Rock: 17.9 mi
- steep bluff: 18.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 18.9 mi
- Tall Timbers Beach: 0.8 mi
- Lake Wallkill Beach: 1.9 mi
- Pleasant Valley Lake Beach: 2.1 mi
- LakemPanoranma Beach: 2.4 mi
- Vernon Valley Lake Beach: 2.5 mi
- Founder's Park: 11.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 14.5 mi
- Goshen: 16.2 mi
- The Bronx: 16.2 mi
- Midtown: 16.2 mi
- Franklin Heritage Museum: 6.8 mi
- Franklin Mineral Museum Inc: 7.4 mi
- Minisink Heritage Museum: 7.9 mi
- Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum: 9.6 mi
- Sterling Hill Mining Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 12.3 mi
- Otter Hole: 14.8 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 15.5 mi
- Raymondskil Falls: 17.1 mi
- Hackers Falls: 17.1 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 8.3 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 8.5 mi
- Eagles: 16.2 mi
- Swan Boy: 16.4 mi
- Diana: 16.4 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 12.5 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 12.6 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Monksville: 13.4 mi
- New City Village: 15.0 mi
- Conashaugh: 17.1 mi
- Eshback: 20.4 mi
- Waterloo Village: 23.6 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Kakiat Park: 22.1 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 22.9 mi
- Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 23.2 mi
- Coast Guard & Air Force Pavilion: 24.8 mi
- Artesian Spring: 10.8 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 20.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.7 mi
- Fountain of Youth: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Pochuck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | NW 318° | 551 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sunrise Mountain | W 273° | 500 m | 9.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | E 91° | 454 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wawayanda Mountain | ESE 104° | 448 m | 3.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | SSE 156° | 445 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bearfort Mountain | SE 124° | 445 m | 8.7 mi |
| South Peak | S 173° | 440 m | 3.3 mi |
| Hamburg Mountain | S 180° | 433 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 1 NW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357543919
Day trips start here
- Sussex County · 8 mi
- Skylands · 10 mi
- Passaic County · 17 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 19 mi
- Rockaway · 21 mi
- Suffern · 21 mi
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