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Artesian Spring

Artesian Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Artesian Spring is a spring in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. High Point stands 551 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 9.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates41.23936, -74.73583

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Woodburne Veteran Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Branchburg Park: 6.4 mi
  • Ethel Barckley Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
  • Kennedy Triangle Park: 6.4 mi
  • East Catharine Street Ball Field: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 51
Attractions: 46
  • Japanese Sika Deer: 2.9 mi
  • Family Entertainment Area: 7.4 mi
  • Agricultural Area: 7.5 mi
  • Horse Show Area: 7.6 mi
  • Outdoor Entertainment Area: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 45
  • Stokes Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Kittattiny Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Kittatinny Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
  • High Point Beach: 6.4 mi
  • PWLPOA Beach: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Waterfalls: 34
Museums: 20
  • The Columns Museum of the Pike County Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Snook Agricultural Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Rosenkrans House and Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Erie Depot Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Port Jervis Fire Department Museum: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Founder's Park: 7.5 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • The Meditation Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Goshen: 24.0 mi
  • The Bronx: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Buffalo Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 6.7 mi
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 18.7 mi
  • Rock Maze: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • The Cliff: 6.2 mi
  • Pike Rock: 12.0 mi
  • steep bluff: 17.1 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Pike Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 10.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 10.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Artesian Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointNE 34°551 m6.8 mi
Sunrise MountainSSE 151°500 m1.7 mi
Bald HillWNW 301°468 m13.2 mi
Bald HillW 277°467 m13.8 mi
Bald HillNW 317°464 m15.6 mi
Little Bald HillW 280°461 m13.1 mi
Rattlesnake MountainSW 222°454 m10.0 mi
Bald BarrenW 273°452 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2719:5420:36
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2215:4916:34

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, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6,3105,9479,91511,4347,3054,8273,3613,1053,4163,8695,2356,651

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Delaware River at Montague NJ, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Eastern Newt134 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander95 obs
  • Pickerel Frog67 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage64 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk58 obs
  • striped wintergreen58 obs
  • Japanese barberry53 obs
  • Spongy Moth52 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5646647059

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