Crater Lake

Crater Lake is in Sussex County, Skylands, New Jersey. Crater Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Haneys Mill, as well as near Five Points.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buttermilk Falls and Rattlesnake Mountain.

Buttermilk Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

There are many waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a national recreation area managed by the National Park Service in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Buttermilk Falls is situated 2 miles north of Crater Lake.

Rattlesnake Mountain

Peak

Rattlesnake Mountain is a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The mountain stands 1,489 feet high. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Rattlesnake Mountain is situated 2½ miles northeast of Crater Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallpack Center and Flatbrookville.

Wallpack Center

Hamlet

Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.

Wallpack Center is an unincorporated community located within Walpack Township, Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Wallpack Center is located in the Flat Brook Valley 6.7 miles west of Branchville. Wallpack Center is situated 3½ miles north of Crater Lake.

Flatbrookville

Hamlet

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Flatbrookville is an unincorporated community located along Old Mine Road within Walpack Township, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is named after the Flat Brook, a tributary of the Delaware River, which flows through the community. Flatbrookville is situated 3½ miles west of Crater Lake.

Swartswood

Hamlet

Swartswood is an unincorporated community located on the border of Hampton and Stillwater townships in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Swartswood is 4.4 miles west-northwest of Newton. Swartswood has a post office with ZIP Code 07877. Swartswood is situated 4 miles southeast of Crater Lake.

Crater Lake

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “Round Pond”
Location: Sussex County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.10945° or 41° 6′ 34″ north

Longitude

-74.896° or 74° 53′ 46″ west

Elevation

1,348 feet (411 metres)

Open location code

87H74453+QH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41775729

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5097025

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