Franklin Pond

Franklin Pond is a reservoir in Sussex County, Skylands, New Jersey. Franklin Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet Beaver Lake, as well as near the village Ogdensburg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sterling Hill Mining Museum and Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum.

Sterling Hill Mining Museum

Museum

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sterling Hill Mine, now known as the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, is a former zinc mine in the borough of Ogdensburg in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Sterling Hill Mining Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Franklin Pond.

Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum

Museum

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum is situated 2 miles south of Franklin Pond.

Sterling Hill is a mountain in Sussex County, New Jersey. The peak rises to 833 feet, and overlooks the Wallkill River and Ogdensburg to the southeast. It is part of the Pimple Hills. Sterling Hill is situated 2 miles southwest of Franklin Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monroe and Stockholm.

Monroe

Hamlet

Monroe, historically known as Monroe Corners, is an unincorporated community located along North Church Road at the border between the townships of Hardyston and Sparta in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Monroe is situated 2½ miles west of Franklin Pond.

Stockholm

Hamlet

Stockholm is an unincorporated community located in the southeastern part of Hardyston Township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its ZIP Code is 07460. Stockholm is situated 3½ miles east of Franklin Pond.

Hopewell

Hamlet

Sparta is a township in Sussex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 19,600, a decrease of 122 from the 2010 census count of 19,722, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,642 from the 18,080 counted in the 2000 census. Hopewell is situated 4½ miles southeast of Franklin Pond.

Franklin Pond

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Sussex County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.10804° or 41° 6′ 29″ north

Longitude

-74.58569° or 74° 35′ 9″ west

Elevation

522 feet (159 metres)

Open location code

87H74C57+6P

GeoNames ID

5098249

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