Sunrise Mountain
Sunrise Mountain rises to 500 m in New Jersey. High Point stands 551 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese Sika Deer, a attraction 1.4 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Sunrise Mountain is a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The mountain is 1,650 feet (503 m) tall, and overlooks Beemerville to the east. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Stokes State Forest. The crest of Sunrise Mountain is one of the most frequently visited sites in Stokes State Forest. The thin soil and harsh climate characteristic of Sunrise Mountain is a difficult environment in which few plants can survive. Mountain laurel, blueberry, pitch pine and bear oak are among the natural vegetation found throughout the area. The pavilion at the summit was built in the late 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Wikidata Q17089201, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 500 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 27.0 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Park Avenue Observatory · 11 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 14 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Monument: 1.5 mi
- Layton, New Jersey: 5.5 mi
- Millville Historic District: 7.3 mi
- High Point Monument: 7.7 mi
- Dingman's Ferry: 7.8 mi
- Mount McMitchell: 2.3 mi
- Rutan Hill: 3.0 mi
- Indian Point: 7.6 mi
- High Point: 7.7 mi
- Pow Wow Hill: 7.8 mi
- Woodburne Veteran Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Branchburg Park: 5.1 mi
- Sussex County Fairgrounds: 5.9 mi
- Kemah Lake Small Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hampton Township Park: 7.9 mi
- Dwarfskill Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Pochuck Mountain Sanctuary: 11.1 mi
- Janet Van Gelder Wildlife Sanctuary: 11.4 mi
- Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Hill Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Japanese Sika Deer: 1.4 mi
- Family Entertainment Area: 5.9 mi
- Agricultural Area: 6.0 mi
- Horse Show Area: 6.0 mi
- Outdoor Entertainment Area: 6.1 mi
- Stokes Beach: 3.0 mi
- Kittattiny Beach: 4.7 mi
- Kittatinny Lake Beach: 4.7 mi
- High Point Beach: 7.3 mi
- Scenic Lakes Beach: 8.6 mi
- Raymondskil Falls: 8.1 mi
- Hackers Falls: 8.3 mi
- Tillman Falls: 8.5 mi
- Silverthread Falls: 8.7 mi
- Dingmans Falls: 9.0 mi
- Snook Agricultural Museum: 6.0 mi
- The Columns Museum of the Pike County Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Rosenkrans House and Museum: 9.3 mi
- Franklin Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Franklin Mineral Museum Inc: 10.0 mi
- Founder's Park: 6.0 mi
- The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- The Meditation Garden: 21.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 23.0 mi
- Goshen: 23.9 mi
- Conashaugh: 7.6 mi
- Eshback: 11.1 mi
- Waterloo Village: 21.0 mi
- New City Village: 21.9 mi
- Monksville: 22.8 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 13.8 mi
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Gourmet Gallery Outdoor Seating: 20.5 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 23.5 mi
- Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 24.7 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 1.5 mi
- Glass Tentacles: 7.0 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 18.0 mi
- Rock Maze: 20.2 mi
- The Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Pike Rock: 11.1 mi
- steep bluff: 18.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 9.7 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 11.4 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 11.5 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Artesian Spring: 1.7 mi
- Fountain of Youth: 16.8 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Sunrise Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | NNE 23° | 551 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | NW 305° | 468 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 283° | 467 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | NW 319° | 464 m | 17.2 mi |
| Little Bald Hill | WNW 285° | 461 m | 14.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SW 231° | 454 m | 9.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | E 92° | 454 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bald Barren | W 278° | 452 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:49 | 16:34 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9071627294
Day trips start here
- Sussex County · 3 mi
- Skylands · 16 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 19 mi
- Rockaway · 24 mi
- Dover · 25 mi
- Passaic County · 25 mi
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