Yards Creek Substation

Yards Creek Substation is an electrical substation in Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Yards Creek Substation is situated near the power station Yards Creek Generating Station, as well as near the nature reserve Hemlock Ridge & Ravine Preserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Yards Creek Generating Station and Mount Mohican.

Yards Creek Generating Station

Power station

Yards Creek Generating Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Blairstown and Hardwick Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

Mount Mohican

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Mohican, or Raccoon Ridge, is a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The mountain stands 1,580 feet in height. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Worthington State Forest. Mount Mohican is situated 1 mile northwest of Yards Creek Substation.

Sunfish Pond

Pond

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sunfish Pond is a 44-acre glacial lake surrounded by a 258-acre hardwood forest located on the Kittatinny Ridge within Worthington State Forest, adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Warren County, New Jersey. Sunfish Pond is situated 2 miles west of Yards Creek Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jacksonburg and Shawnee on Delaware.

Jacksonburg

Hamlet

Blairstown is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,704, a decrease of 263 from the 2010 census count of 5,967, which in turn reflected an increase of 220 from the 5,747 counted in the 2000 census. Jacksonburg is situated 3 miles east of Yards Creek Substation.

Shawnee on Delaware

Photo: JamesPFisherIII, CC BY 3.0.

Shawnee on Delaware is an unincorporated community in the Poconos and Endless Mountains region of Pennsylvania.

Paulina

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Paulina is an unincorporated community located in Blairstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Paulina is located on the Paulins Kill, approximately 1 mi east of downtown Blairstown. Paulina is situated 5 miles east of Yards Creek Substation.

Yards Creek Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: Blairstown
Category: industry
Location: Blairstown Township, Warren County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.00094° or 41° 0′ 3″ north

Longitude

-75.03223° or 75° 1′ 56″ west

Operator

Jersey Central Power and Light

Open location code

87H62X29+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 419361394

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Large Pile of Rocks and Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Kittatinny Substation and Guard Shack.

Warren County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Phillipsburg and Hackettstown.

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