Mercer Oak
The Mercer Oak was a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton, New Jersey. The tree was about 300 years old when it was torn by strong winds in March 2000.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stony Brook Bridge and Princeton Friends School.
Stony Brook Bridge
Bridge
Princeton Friends School
School
Princeton Friends School is an independent Quaker day pre-Kindergarten-8th grade school in Princeton, New Jersey. It is under the care of Princeton Monthly Meeting and located on the Meeting's historic Stony Brook Meeting House and Cemetery property, adjacent to both the Institute for Advanced Study Woods and the Princeton Battlefield. Princeton Friends School is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Mercer Oak.
Marquand Park
Park
Marquand Park is a 17-acre arboretum and recreational area located in Princeton, New Jersey. It contains walking paths, a baseball field, and attractions for children such as a sandbox and a play structure. Marquand Park is situated 3,800 feet north of Mercer Oak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coxs Corner and Mathey College.
Coxs Corner
Hamlet
Lawrence Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is an outer-ring suburb…
Mathey College
Locality
Mathey College is one of seven residential colleges at Princeton University. Located in the Northwest corner of the Princeton Campus, its dormitories and other buildings are predominantly in the Collegiate Gothic style.
Rockefeller College
Locality
John D. Rockefeller 3rd College, or "Rocky", is one of seven residential colleges at Princeton University. It was founded in 1982, making it the third residential college to be established at Princeton.
Mercer Oak
- Type: Historic site
- Description: large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Mercer County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.33157° or 40° 19′ 54″ north
Longitude
-74.67554° or 74° 40′ 32″ west
Open location code
87G788JF+JQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=icon
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=tree
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