Tumble Falls, New Jersey

Tumble Falls, New Jersey
Unincorporated community

Looking east along Tumble Falls Road from Route 29
Tumble Falls, New Jersey
Tumble Falls, New Jersey
Tumble Falls, New Jersey

Location of Tumble Falls in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey

Coordinates: 40°27′13″N 75°03′44″W / 40.45361°N 75.06222°W / 40.45361; -75.06222Coordinates: 40°27′13″N 75°03′44″W / 40.45361°N 75.06222°W / 40.45361; -75.06222
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Hunterdon
Township Kingwood
Elevation[1] 433 ft (132 m)
GNIS feature ID 881288[1]

Tumble Falls is an unincorporated community located within Kingwood Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The settlement is located along an unnamed tributary of the Delaware River where a small intermittent waterfall is found in the central part of the township within the Lockatong Formation.[3] The location of the waterfall is at the intersection of Tumble Falls Road and New Jersey Route 29 and is part of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation purchased from private landowners in December 2002.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tumble Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Olsen, Paul E.; Kent, Dennis V.; Cornet, Bruce; Witte, William K.; Roy W., Schlische (January 1996). "High-resolution stratigraphy of the Newark rift basin (early Mesozoic, eastern North America)" (PDF). Geological Society of America Bulletin. p. 53. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ Miller, Stefanie (Spring 2003). "Keeping the Falls Tumbling" (PDF). Conservation Matters. Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance. pp. 2, 7. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Google (July 8, 2016). "Aerial view of Tumble Falls" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 8, 2016.


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