Tripod Rock
Tripod Rock is a glacial erratic, in this specific case a balancing rock, or perched boulder, located in Kinnelon, New Jersey in the Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Toebone, Public domain.
Photo: Steven Reynolds, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kikeout Mountain.
Kikeout Mountain
Peak
Kakeout Mountain is a summit in Kinnelon borough, Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. The name Kikeout was derived from the Dutch word kijkuit, meaning "lookout". Kikeout Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Tripod Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinnelon and Boonton Township.
Kinnelon
Village
Photo: Toebone, Public domain.
Kinnelon is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 33 miles west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,966, a decrease of 282 from the 2010 census count of 10,248, which in turn reflected an increase of 883 from the 9,365 counted in the 2000 census. Kinnelon is situated 3 miles north of Tripod Rock.
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 3 miles southwest of Tripod Rock.
Montville
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Montville is a town in New Jersey. It is largely a bedroom community for people who work in New York, but it has a nice small-town feel to it. In 2007, Montville was ranked by Money magazine as the 13th best place to live in the United States and the best in New Jersey.
Tripod Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: balancing boulder in Kinnelon, New Jersey
- Categories: rock formation, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.96131° or 40° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
-74.38527° or 74° 23′ 7″ westOpen location code
87G7XJ67+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3545927613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7843655
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