Rockport Train Wreck Memorial
Rockport Train Wreck Memorial is a memorial in Warren County, Skylands, New Jersey. Rockport Train Wreck Memorial is situated nearby to the park Rockport Game Farm, as well as near the aerodrome Hackettstown Airport.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hackettstown Airport and Baldpate Mountain.
Hackettstown Airport
Aerodrome
Hackettstown Airport is a public-use airport located in the Beattystown area of Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey, United States, three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Hackettstown.
Baldpate Mountain
Peak
Baldpate Mountain is a peak in the New York–New Jersey Highlands of the Reading Prong of Upper Pohatcong Mountain in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. This peak rises to 1,165 feet, and is located in Mansfield Township. Baldpate Mountain is situated 1½ miles west of Rockport Train Wreck Memorial.
Upper Pohatcong Mountain
Peak
Pohatcong Mountain is a ridge, approximately 6 mi long, in the Appalachian Mountains of northwestern New Jersey in the United States. It extends from west Phillipsburg northeast approximately to Allamuchy Township, New Jersey. Upper Pohatcong Mountain is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rockport Train Wreck Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hackettstown and Port Murray.
Hackettstown
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hackettstown is a town in Warren County in the Skylands region of New Jersey in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Port Murray
Hamlet
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Murray is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Mansfield Township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that was created as part of the 2010 United States census. Port Murray is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rockport Train Wreck Memorial.
Penwell
Hamlet
Penwell is an unincorporated community located within Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Penwell is a community in the north of Lebanon Township that was also most northern settlement in Hunterdon County. Penwell is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rockport Train Wreck Memorial.
Rockport Train Wreck Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Here, on June 16, 1925, at 3:25 AM, an eastbound train derailed and wrecked. The engine’s boiler exploded, scalding many passengers. In spite of valiant rescue efforts by townspeople and Game Farm employees, 50 died.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Warren County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.82146° or 40° 49′ 17″ northLongitude
-74.87326° or 74° 52′ 24″ westOpen location code
87G7R4CG+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 9938435407OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Rockport Game Farm and Church of the Covenant.
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