Watchung Lake Dam
Watchung Lake Dam is a dam in Borough of Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey. Watchung Lake Dam is situated nearby to the suburb Free Acres, as well as near the town North Plainfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Washington Rock State Park and Cinemark Watchung and XD.
Washington Rock State Park
Park
Photo: Ekem, Public domain.
Washington Rock State Park is a 52-acre scenic state park on top of the first Watchung Mountain in Green Brook, New Jersey. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Washington Rock State Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Watchung Lake Dam.
Cinemark Watchung and XD
Movie theater
Photo: Curlyrnd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cinemark Watchung and XD is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles east of Watchung Lake Dam.
Plainfield station
Railway station
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Plainfield is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. One of two train stations in Plainfield, this station serves the central part of the city. Plainfield station is situated 2 miles southeast of Watchung Lake Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watchung and Free Acres.
Watchung
Town
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Watchung is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, an increase of 648 from the 2010 census count of 5,801, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 from the 5,613 counted in the 2000 census.
Free Acres
Suburb
Free Acres is an unincorporated community located along the border of Berkeley Heights in Union County and Watchung in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Free Acres is situated 1½ miles north of Watchung Lake Dam.
North Plainfield
Town
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North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 22,808, an increase of 872 from the 2010 census count of 21,936, which in turn reflected an increase of 833 from the 21,103 counted in the 2000 census. North Plainfield is situated 1½ miles southeast of Watchung Lake Dam.
Watchung Lake Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the United States
- Location: Borough of Watchung, Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.63683° or 40° 38′ 13″ northLongitude
-74.45384° or 74° 27′ 14″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
87G7JGPW+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 357733977OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Watchung Lake Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Watchung Lake Dam”
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