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High Point is a mountain peak within High Point State Park on the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township, Sussex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in the portion of the state known as the Skylands , it is the highest elevation in the state, with a peak elevation of 1,803 feet (550 m).
The monument was built to honor war veterans, through the generosity of the Kusers. Construction began in 1928 and completed in 1930. At the top of the 220 feet (67 m) structure (the base is 34 square feet (3.2 m 2)), observers have views of the ridges of the Pocono Mountains toward the west, the Catskill Mountains to the north and the Wallkill River Valley in the southeast. [5]
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
High Point (New Jersey), a prominence on Kittatinny Mountain that is New Jersey's highest elevation. High Point Monument, 220-foot high obelisk veterans memorial; High Point State Park, a 15,000-acre state park in Montague Township, New Jersey
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High Point Monument as seen from Lake Marcia in Montague Township, Sussex County. ... Record high °F (°C) 71 (22) 73 (23) 90 ... 39 High Street Newton, New Jersey ...
Roughly bounded by the NJ-NY state line and State Highway 23. between Port Jervis, New York and Wantage Township, New Jersey 41°17′16″N 74°41′40″W / 41.287778°N 74.694444°W / 41.287778; -74.694444 ( High Point St
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2)—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.