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Sugar Loaf

Sugar Loaf, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Loaf rises to 229 m in New Jersey. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennsylvania Line Huts, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34841629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
229 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.77724, -74.53200

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Pennsylvania Line Huts: 0.2 mi
  • Jockey Hollow Cemetery Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Morris Aqueduct Company Vault: 0.7 mi
  • Bettin Oak Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Stark's Brigade Monument: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • Abby Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Theodore Largman Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 2.7 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 1.9 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.0 mi
  • Legend Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 4.9 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.8 mi
Parks
  • Dr. Donald A. Delpho Field: 2.2 mi
  • Burnham Park: 2.3 mi
  • Harding Land Trust: 2.5 mi
  • Fort Nonsense: 2.6 mi
  • Kleitman Woods At Hillcrest: 2.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 32
  • Mine Hill Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Island Beach: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Waterfalls: 11
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Seele: 10.2 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Hawk Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 15.1 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 17.5 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 17.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Sugar Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointN 352°425 m16.9 mi
Bowling Green MountainN 357°420 m16.0 mi
Green Pond MountainN 357°393 m13.1 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 307°377 m17.2 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainWNW 285°375 m17.8 mi
Copperas MountainNNE 12°373 m16.8 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNW 332°371 m10.8 mi
Schooleys MountainWNW 285°364 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2819:5220:34
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730598

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