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Sterling Hill

Sterling Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sterling Hill rises to 254 m in New Jersey. Sunrise Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sterling Hill Mining Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

About

The story

Sterling Hill is a mountain in Sussex County, New Jersey. The peak rises to 833 feet (254 m), and overlooks the Wallkill River and Ogdensburg to the southeast. It is part of the Pimple Hills.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q17088970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
254 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.08232, -74.60933

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Frying Pan Trees: 4.6 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 6.5 mi
  • Outdoor Entertainment Area: 6.6 mi
  • Agricultural Area: 6.6 mi
  • Family Entertainment Area: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
  • Heater's Pond Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Tamarack Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Beach 1: 3.9 mi
  • Beach 11B: 3.9 mi
  • Beach 11A: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 51
  • Pike Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 14.4 mi
  • The Cliff: 18.7 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 23.3 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 48
  • Founder's Park: 6.5 mi
  • Denville Community Gardens: 14.6 mi
  • Rain Garden: 14.9 mi
  • BHS Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Vickery Community Garden: 16.5 mi
Museums: 47
Artworks: 33
  • Buffalo Statue: 9.9 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 14.8 mi
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 16.3 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 17.6 mi
  • Eagle: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Otter Hole: 13.7 mi
  • Tillman Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Silver Spray Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Pike Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.1 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.2 mi
  • Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Rest area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Sterling Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise MountainNNW 328°500 m11.0 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 285°454 m13.7 mi
Wawayanda MountainNE 45°448 m11.2 mi
Granite PeakNE 39°445 m8.3 mi
Bearfort MountainENE 71°445 m12.0 mi
Bird MountainWNW 287°445 m13.6 mi
South PeakNE 39°440 m7.2 mi
Blue MountainWNW 290°439 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2719:5320:35
September equinox06:4718:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938495968737264524233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newton, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730466

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