Best Lake
Best Lake is a pond in Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey. Best Lake is situated nearby to the town Watchung, as well as near the suburb Washingtonville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cinemark Watchung and XD and Washington Rock State Park.
Cinemark Watchung and XD
Movie theater
Photo: Curlyrnd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cinemark Watchung and XD is a movie theater, which is situated 2 miles east of Best Lake.
Washington Rock State Park
Park
Photo: Ekem, Public domain.
Washington Rock State Park is a 52-acre scenic state park on top of the first Watchung Mountain in Green Brook, New Jersey. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Washington Rock State Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Best Lake.
Plainfield station
Railway station
Photo: AEMoreira042281, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. Plainfield station is situated 2 miles southeast of Best Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watchung and Free Acres.
Watchung
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Watchung is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, an increase of 648 from the 2010 census count of 5,801, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 from the 5,613 counted in the 2000 census.
Free Acres
Suburb
Free Acres is an unincorporated community located along the border of Berkeley Heights in Union County and Watchung in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
North Plainfield
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 22,808, an increase of 872 from the 2010 census count of 21,936, which in turn reflected an increase of 833 from the 21,103 counted in the 2000 census. North Plainfield is situated 1½ miles southeast of Best Lake.
Best Lake
- Type: Pond
- Wheelchair access: limited
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6394° or 40° 38′ 22″ northLongitude
-74.44884° or 74° 26′ 56″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
87G7JHQ2+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 238221392OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
5095636
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