Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is a stone in Montville, Morris County, New Jersey. Balanced Rock is situated nearby to the nature reserve Hierwarter Wildacres Preserve, as well as near Masar Park Playground.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sheep Hill Observatory and Boonton station.
Sheep Hill Observatory
Observatory
Sheep Hill Observatory is an Astronomical observatory located in Morris County, New Jersey. It features an 18-inch BBC Newtonian reflecting telescope and is open to the public on the 3rd Friday evening of each month, weather permitting. Sheep Hill Observatory is situated 1 mile southwest of Balanced Rock.
Boonton station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boonton is a NJ Transit station in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, United States along the Montclair–Boonton Line. It is located on Main Street, near Myrtle Avenue and I-287. Boonton station is situated 2 miles south of Balanced Rock.
Saint Clare’s Hospital at Boonton Township
Hospital
Saint Clare's Hospital - Boonton, located at 130 Powervile Road Boonton Township, New Jersey, is a 100-bed psychiatric facility. Saint Clare’s Hospital at Boonton Township is situated 2 miles southwest of Balanced Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boonton Township and Boonton.
Boonton Township
Town
Boonton Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,380, an increase of 117 from the 2010 census count of 4,263, which in turn reflected a decline of 24 from 4,287 in the 2000 census. Boonton Township is situated 2 miles west of Balanced Rock.
Boonton
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boonton is a town in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 from the 2010 census count of 8,347, which in turn reflected a decline of 149 from the 8,496 counted in the 2000 census.
Towaco
Village
Towaco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the township of Montville, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,624. Towaco is situated 2½ miles east of Balanced Rock.
Balanced Rock
- Type: Stone
- Category: landform
- Location: Montville, Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.92949° or 40° 55′ 46″ northLongitude
-74.39533° or 74° 23′ 43″ westOpen location code
87G7WJH3+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 12769036955OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stone
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