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Fountain of Youth

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Elevation, modelled
351 m
Tallest summit within 19.6 miles
Mount Wismer627 m · 19.6 mi
Nearest byway
Delaware River Valley11.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:36local time
Coordinates
41.0556, -74.9614
Fountain of Youth, seen from above at true elevation

Fountain of Youth is a spring in New Jersey, at a modelled 351 m. Mount Wismer stands 627 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Glen Waterfall, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 11 miles off.

White PVC pipe dispensing spring water

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Fountain of Youth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WismerNW 310°627 m19.6 mi
High KnobNNW 333°624 m18.9 mi
Low KnobNNW 335°607 m19.6 mi
West MountainNW 311°605 m19.5 mi
Mud Pond MountainNW 324°582 m19.2 mi
East MountainNW 318°579 m18.9 mi
Belle MountainNNW 330°576 m18.9 mi
Mount GodfreyWNW 296°527 m19.0 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 56
Attractions: 43
Artworks: 11
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2819:5520:36
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2215:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938495968737264524233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newton, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12813320520114392.257.954.657.467.399.1133

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Flat Brook near Flatbrookville NJ, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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