Tumble Falls, New Jersey

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Tumble Falls, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°27′13″N75°03′44″W / 40.45361°N 75.06222°W / 40.45361; -75.06222 Coordinates: 40°27′13″N75°03′44″W / 40.45361°N 75.06222°W / 40.45361; -75.06222
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Hunterdon
Township Kingwood
Elevation
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433 ft (132 m)
GNIS feature ID881288 [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tumble Falls". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
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