Schooleys Mountain
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Schooleys Mountain rises to 364 m in New Jersey. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrington Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Schooley's or, officially, Schooleys Mountain is a mountain ridge in northern New Jersey that stretches from Lake Hopatcong in the north to Hampton in the south. It is centrally located within the southern Highlands, positioned almost equidistantly from the Kittatinny Valley in the west and the Piedmont plateau in the east. Schooley's Mountain is also one of the largest ridges in a group of geologically similar and parallel mountains, which include Allamuchy Mountain, Pohatcong Mountain, Scotts Mountain, and Jenny Jump Mountain.
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Wikidata Q7432664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 364 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 22.9 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harrington Park: 1.7 mi
- Elks Forest: 1.8 mi
- Douglas A. Blake Memorial Field: 2.0 mi
- Rock Spring Park: 2.3 mi
- Florence Kuipers Park: 2.9 mi
- The Tillie Smith Monument: 1.8 mi
- Flanders-Drakestown Road Stone Arch Bridge: 2.4 mi
- B. Bruce Anderson: 3.4 mi
- B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag: 3.4 mi
- Chimney: 3.8 mi
- Schooley's Mountain County Park: 2.2 mi
- Stephens State Park: 3.1 mi
- Tanners Brook Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Turkey Brook Park: 4.4 mi
- Parker Road Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Hackettstown Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Pequest Trout Hatchery: 8.0 mi
- Califon Station: 8.0 mi
- Hope Museum: 10.6 mi
- Bucks Hill: 3.2 mi
- Upper Pohatcong Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 5.8 mi
- Fox Hill: 6.7 mi
- Egan’s Gold Mine: 8.3 mi
- Legend of Jenny Jump: 9.9 mi
- Haunted Cemetery: 9.9 mi
- Haunted Halloween House: 9.9 mi
- Tilt-A-Whirl: 9.9 mi
- Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 2.5 mi
- Mount Olive Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- The Washington Township Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Vickery Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Pohatcong Native Arboretum: 11.0 mi
- Children Reading on a Bench: 2.4 mi
- Orange M&M: 2.9 mi
- Kyle Busch Racecar: 2.9 mi
- Blue M&M: 2.9 mi
- Yellow M&M: 3.0 mi
- Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mine Hill Beach: 9.6 mi
- Beach 6: 13.9 mi
- Lake Mowhawk Beach 5: 14.4 mi
- Beach 9: 14.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lower Glen Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Upper Glen Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 19.2 mi
- Grove Street Park: 6.1 mi
- Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 11.7 mi
- Gourmet Gallery Outdoor Seating: 13.8 mi
- Mendham Overlook Area: 13.8 mi
- Primrose Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Pike Rock: 17.4 mi
- Indian Head: 19.5 mi
- Indian Ladder: 19.5 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 21.9 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 23.4 mi
- Waterloo Village: 6.3 mi
- Eshback: 23.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.6 mi
- New City Village: 24.7 mi
- Rest area: 14.6 mi
- Cushetunk Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Fountain of Youth: 17.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Schooleys Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County High Point | NE 41° | 425 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bowling Green Mountain | NE 46° | 420 m | 17.7 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | NE 54° | 393 m | 16.2 mi |
| Allamuchy Mountain | N 359° | 377 m | 6.7 mi |
| Upper Pohatcong Mountain | WNW 284° | 375 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Arlington | NE 55° | 371 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mase Mountain | NE 52° | 359 m | 14.0 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | W 261° | 355 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 880419 — Schooleys Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729941
Day trips start here
- Hackettstown · 3 mi
- Washington · 3 mi
- Succasunna · 8 mi
- Randolph · 11 mi
- Washington · 11 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 12 mi
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