Fountain of Youth
Fountain of Youth is a spring in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 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
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 16.8 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 18 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 26 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 28 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blair Creek Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Maple Hill Preserve: 3.1 mi
- White Lake Natural Resource Area: 4.5 mi
- McDonald Marsh Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Gnome Hollow Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Slabtown Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 5.2 mi
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River: 5.2 mi
- Echo Lake Park: 5.4 mi
- Sycamore Park: 5.7 mi
- Mount Mohican: 5.1 mi
- Kahkhout Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 7.3 mi
- High Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Lime Kiln: 2.9 mi
- Old Mine Road monument: 3.0 mi
- Fort Hyndshaw: 3.2 mi
- Lime Kiln: 4.0 mi
- Chimney: 4.4 mi
- Peter's Corners: 5.3 mi
- Rock Cores: 6.1 mi
- Sidewinder: 10.5 mi
- Pirate Fort: 10.5 mi
- Cannon Ball and Pirate's Plunge: 10.5 mi
- Upper Glen Waterfall: 1.5 mi
- Lower Glen Waterfall: 1.7 mi
- Bushkill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lower Gorge Falls: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Glen Falls: 5.0 mi
- Turtle Beach: 4.4 mi
- Smithfield Beach: 5.1 mi
- Smithfield Beach: 5.3 mi
- Kittatinny Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
- Kittattiny Beach: 12.1 mi
- Pocono Indian Museum: 4.4 mi
- Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 4.5 mi
- Blairstown Museum: 5.0 mi
- Rosenkrans House and Museum: 8.3 mi
- Frazetta Art Museum: 9.4 mi
- Rock Maze: 4.3 mi
- Glass Tentacles: 11.3 mi
- Red M&M: 14.9 mi
- Green M&M: 15.0 mi
- Ms. Brown M&M: 15.0 mi
- Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Sarah Street Garden: 12.9 mi
- Founder's Park: 13.8 mi
- Mount Olive Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 4.9 mi
- Gourmet Gallery Outdoor Seating: 5.0 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 7.0 mi
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Pike Rock: 7.2 mi
- Indian Head: 10.0 mi
- Indian Ladder: 10.2 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 16.3 mi
- The Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Rest area: 9.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 24.8 mi
- Eshback: 7.2 mi
- Waterloo Village: 14.4 mi
- Conashaugh: 16.0 mi
- Artesian Spring: 17.3 mi
- Horn Springs: 24.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wismer | NW 310° | 627 m | 19.6 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 333° | 624 m | 18.9 mi |
| Low Knob | NNW 335° | 607 m | 19.6 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 311° | 605 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mud Pond Mountain | NW 324° | 582 m | 19.2 mi |
| East Mountain | NW 318° | 579 m | 18.9 mi |
| Belle Mountain | NNW 330° | 576 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Godfrey | WNW 296° | 527 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 128 | 133 | 205 | 201 | 143 | 92.2 | 57.9 | 54.6 | 57.4 | 67.3 | 99.1 | 133 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Flat Brook near Flatbrookville NJ, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Eastern Newt47 obs
- Green Frog40 obs
- azure bluet33 obs
- Common Whitetail32 obs
- Azure Bluet30 obs
- pink lady's slipper29 obs
- American Toad29 obs
- Blue Dasher28 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10003252709
Day trips start here
- Warren County · 11 mi
- Hackettstown · 16 mi
- Sussex County · 17 mi
- Bangor · 18 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 19 mi
- Succasunna · 21 mi
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