Lake Hopatcong Dam
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles in area. Located 30 miles from the Delaware River and 40 miles from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's northern highlands region.Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hopatcong State Park and Lake Hopatcong station.
Hopatcong State Park
Park
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Hopatcong State Park is a state park in the Landing section of Roxbury, New Jersey, United States. Operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the park consists of two parcels of land: one that encompasses Lake Hopatcong and some of its southwestern shore, and another that encompasses Lake Musconetcong about one mile to the west-southwest.
Lake Hopatcong station
Railway station
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Lake Hopatcong is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. The station, located in the community of Landing in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serves trains for the Montclair–Boonton Line and Morristown Line at peak hours and on holiday weekends. Lake Hopatcong station is situated 1 mile south of Lake Hopatcong Dam.
Hopatcong High School
School
Hopatcong High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hopatcong, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Hopatcong Public Schools. Hopatcong High School is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Lake Hopatcong Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landing and Hopatcong.
Landing
Hamlet
Landing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The community is located at the south end of Lake Hopatcong near Hopatcong State Park.
Hopatcong
Town
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Hopatcong is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 14,362, a decrease of 785 from the 2010 census count of 15,147, which in turn reflected a decline of 741 from the 15,888 counted in the 2000 census.
Port Morris
Village
Port Morris is a historic unincorporated community and census-designated place in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The community is in the hills of New Jersey's Skylands Region, on the shores of Lake Musconetcong.
Lake Hopatcong Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on Morris County and Sussex County border, in New Jersey
- Location: Borough of Hopatcong, Sussex County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.91765° or 40° 55′ 4″ northLongitude
-74.66424° or 74° 39′ 51″ westElevation
945 feet (288 metres)Open location code
87G7W89P+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 261470320OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Lake Hopatcong Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Hopatcong Dam”
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