Surprise Lake Dam

Surprise Lake Dam is a dam in Borough of Mountainside, Union County, New Jersey. Surprise Lake Dam is situated nearby to the park Watchung Reservation, as well as near the school building Governor Livingston High School.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Union County, New Jersey, United States of America
Also known as: “Lake Surprise Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watchung Reservation and Governor Livingston High School.

Watchung Reservation

Park

Photo: Bhousel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Watchung Reservation is the largest nature reserve in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The reservation consists mainly of the upper valley of Blue Brook, between the ridges of the First and Second Watchung Mountains.

Governor Livingston High School

School building

Governor Livingston High School is a comprehensive four-year co-educational public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Berkeley Heights, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and operating as the lone secondary school of the Berkeley Heights Public Schools. Governor Livingston High School is situated 2,200 feet west of Surprise Lake Dam.

Murray Hill station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Murray Hill is a New Jersey Transit station along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. Murray Hill station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Surprise Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murray Hill and New Providence.

Murray Hill

Neighborhood

Murray Hill is an unincorporated community located within portions of both Berkeley Heights and New Providence, located in Union County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

New Providence

Town

Photo: Tomwsulcer, CC0.

Summit is a city in New Jersey. It is located in Union County and is about 20 miles from Manhattan. This article also covers the neighboring town of 1 New Providence.