Openaka Lake
Openaka Lake is a reservoir in Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey. Openaka Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Shongum, as well as near Union Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital and Watnong Mountain.
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital refers to a former psychiatric hospital and the building it occupied in Morris Plains, New Jersey. The facility was built in 1876 to alleviate overcrowding at the state's only other "lunatic asylum", in Trenton, New Jersey.
Watnong Mountain
Peak
Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0.
Watnong Mountain is a mountain in Morris County, New Jersey. The major peak rises to 965 feet. It is located in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township and overlooks Morris Plains to the east. Watnong Mountain is situated 2 miles east of Openaka Lake.
Dover station
Railway station
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dover is an active commuter railroad train station in the town of Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. Located at the end of electric service, Dover station serves as a secondary terminal of NJ Transit's Morristown and Montclair–Boonton Lines. Dover station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Openaka Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shongum and Union Hill.
Shongum
Hamlet
Shongum is an unincorporated community located within Randolph Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located near Shongum Lake.
Union Hill
Hamlet
Denville Township is a township in Morris County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, located 35 miles west of Manhattan.
Dover
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dover is a town in central Morris County, New Jersey with a small city feel. It is home to many Hispanic shops and restaurants. It was once an industrial town with machine shops, iron and mill works, and textile factories.
Openaka Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Also known as: “Lake Openaka”, “Lake Openaki”, and “Ninky Pond”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.85589° or 40° 51′ 21″ northLongitude
-74.52798° or 74° 31′ 41″ westElevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
87G7VF4C+9RGeoNames ID
5102206
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