Fort Nonsense Historical National Park

Fort Nonsense Historical National Park is a park in Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey. Fort Nonsense Historical National Park is situated nearby to the town Morris Plains, as well as near the hamlet Washington Valley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Nonsense and Morris County Courthouse.

Fort Nonsense

Cannon

Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Nonsense is one of four sites comprising the Morristown National Historical Park, in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Two other sites in Morris County are the Ford Mansion and Jockey Hollow.

Morris County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Solybob, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morris County Courthouse is located on Washington Street between Court Street and Western Avenue in the town of Morristown in Morris County, New Jersey.

Mayo Performing Arts Center

Theater building

The Mayo Performing Arts Center is a nonprofit multi-use performing arts center located in Morristown, New Jersey, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morristown and Morris Plains.

Morristown

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Morristown is a town of 19,000 people in Morris County, New Jersey. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.

Morris Plains

Town

Morris Plains is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,153, an increase of 621 from the 2010 census count of 5,532, which in turn reflected an increase of 296 from the 5,236 counted in the 2000 census. Morris Plains is situated 2 miles north of Fort Nonsense Historical National Park.

Washington Valley

Hamlet

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Washington Valley is an unincorporated community in the Whippany River valley in Morris Township and extending into Mendham Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Washington Valley is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Nonsense Historical National Park.

Fort Nonsense Historical National Park

Type: Park
Location: Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.79343° or 40° 47′ 36″ north

Longitude

-74.48821° or 74° 29′ 18″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Open location code

87G7QGV6+9P

GeoNames ID

5098145

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kinneys Hill and Morristown Green.

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