High Point Monument, High Point, NJ (1803')

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High Point is located in the northwestern part of New Jersey in Montague, Sussex County in the Skylands Region of New Jersey, is the highest elevation in the state at 1,803 feet (550 m). At the peak is the High Point Monument, a 220-foot (67 m) tower, built in 1930 to commemorate the war dead.

Entrance fees are only charged from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day: $ 5.00 on weekdays and $10.00 on weekends. The land for High Point State Park, donated by Colonel Anthony R. and Susie Dryden Kuser, was dedicated as a park in 1923.

The monument was built through the generosity of the Kusers. Construction began in 1928 and completed in 1930. At the top of the 220 foot structure (the base is 34 square feet) where it is very hot, there are four small windows through which observers have a spectacular view of the ridges of the Pocono Mountains toward the west, the Catskill Mountains to the north and the Wallkill River Valley in the southeast. The Monument is an obelisk monument similar to other war monuments, such as the one located on Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Point_(New_Jersey)
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Coordinates:   41°19'15"N   74°39'41"W

Comments

  • Worth the trip. Best views in NJ.
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