Denville’s Beacon
Denville’s Beacon is a monument in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Denville’s Beacon is situated nearby to the railway station Mount Tabor station, as well as near Denville station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Tabor station and Denville station.
Mount Tabor station
Railway station
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Mount Tabor is a New Jersey Transit station in Denville, New Jersey along the Morristown Line just west of the small community of Mount Tabor in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. Mount Tabor station is situated 1,300 feet south of Denville’s Beacon.
Denville station
Railway station
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Denville is an active commuter railroad train station in Denville Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Located on Estling Road, the station contains three side platforms–two curved low-level platforms that service New Jersey Transit's Morristown Line, and a third that services their Montclair–Boonton Line. Denville station is situated 1,800 feet north of Denville’s Beacon.
Watnong Mountain
Peak
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Watnong Mountain is a mountain in Morris County, New Jersey. The major peak rises to 965 feet. It is located in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township and overlooks Morris Plains to the east. Watnong Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Denville’s Beacon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denville and Union Hill.
Denville
Town
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Denville Township is a township in Morris County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, located 35 miles west of Manhattan.
Union Hill
Hamlet
Denville Township is a township in Morris County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, located 35 miles west of Manhattan. Union Hill is situated 2 miles west of Denville’s Beacon.
Rockaway
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockaway is a city in New Jersey. It is the common name for the area made up of Rockaway Township and Rockaway Boro. It's in the northern central part of the state and part of Morris County.
Denville’s Beacon
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “This is a replica of a beacon used by the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Fires were lit as beacons to warn other outposts of British attack. There were a total of 23 outposts spread across the Northeast.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.87911° or 40° 52′ 45″ northLongitude
-74.48336° or 74° 29′ 0″ westOpen location code
87G7VGH8+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13276789251OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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