Monksville Reservoir
The Monksville Reservoir is an artificial lake created in 1987 by damming on the Wanaque River in Ringwood, New Jersey. It is named after the former community of Monksville, which was relocated and flooded upon its completion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenwood Lake Airport.
Greenwood Lake Airport
Aerodrome
Greenwood Lake Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Greenwood Lake Airport is situated 2 miles west of Monksville Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monksville and Hewitt.
Monksville
Locality
Monksville or Monks was a small settlement located in West Milford that was demolished and flooded to create the Monksville Reservoir in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
Hewitt
Hamlet
Hewitt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within West Milford Township in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07421. It is named for Abram Hewitt.
Cooper
Hamlet
West Milford is a township in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,862, a decrease of 988 from the 2010 census count of 25,850, which in turn reflected a decline of 560 from the 26,410 counted in the 2000 census. Cooper is situated 3 miles northwest of Monksville Reservoir.
Monksville Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: artificial lake in New Jersey, USA
- Category: body of water
- Location: Passaic County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Monksville Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Monksville Reservoir”
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