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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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 Lake Surprise.
Watchung Reservation
Park
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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.
Lake Surprise
Lake
Lake Surprise is a reservoir made by Surprise Lake Dam on the Blue Brook in Watchung Reservation. On the border of Berkeley Heights and Mountainside in Union County, New Jersey, the lake was created in 1845 for David Felt's papermill.
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.
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
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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.
Mountainside
Town
Photo: Tomwsulcer, CC0.
Mountainside is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is located on a ridge in northern-central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area.
Surprise Lake Dam
Latitude
40.68534° or 40° 41′ 7″ northLongitude
-74.37952° or 74° 22′ 46″ westElevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
87G7MJPC+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 1332729303OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Surprise Lake Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Surprise Lake Dam”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Watchung Circle and Bell Laboratories.
Nearby Places
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