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Wawayanda Mountain

Wawayanda Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Wawayanda Mountain rises to 448 m in New Jersey. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the east, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Lakes Beach 1, a beach 1.4 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

Wawayanda Mountain is a ridge in the New York-New Jersey Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. The summit lies within Sussex County, New Jersey.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7975604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
448 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.19760, -74.45710

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Maple Grange Park: 2.1 mi
  • Mountain Lake Park: 4.4 mi
  • Railroad Green: 6.5 mi
  • Browns Point: 6.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions: 57
  • Zoom Ziplines at Mountain Creek: 2.6 mi
  • Fishing Village: 2.7 mi
  • Sprayground: 2.7 mi
  • Surf Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Cliff Jump: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Highland Lakes Beach 1: 1.4 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 2: 1.5 mi
  • Wawayanda Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 6: 1.7 mi
  • Highland Lakes Beach 3: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 54
  • Claudius Smith Den: 15.0 mi
  • Crumbling Under Pressure: 15.3 mi
  • Gravitas Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Party Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Vulnerability Corner: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Rain Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Winter Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Pinetum: 12.4 mi
  • Octagonal Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Magnolia Walk: 12.5 mi
Museums: 38
Artworks: 25
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 5.1 mi
  • Eagles: 12.3 mi
  • Eagles: 12.3 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 12.3 mi
  • Swan Boy: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Mine Hole Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Otter Hole: 11.8 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 12.4 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 18.1 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
  • Hedden Park Picnic Grounds: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 15.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 15.4 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Wawayanda Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Taylor MountainE 81°454 m5.4 mi
Granite PeakWSW 242°445 m3.1 mi
Bearfort MountainSE 140°445 m5.3 mi
South PeakSW 236°440 m4.1 mi
Hamburg MountainSW 228°433 m5.1 mi
Vernon PeakWSW 243°427 m2.7 mi
Mount McMitchellWNW 284°420 m12.4 mi
Warwick MountainENE 71°410 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2619:5320:35
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2115:4816:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063514131
Precip in3.52.73.64.23.95.24.44.55.04.73.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 1 NW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 881633 — Wawayanda Mountain, Sussex County, New Jersey.

OpenStreetMap element node/357731680

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