Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey

Upper Greenwood Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Passaic and Sussex counties, New Jersey, United States. It includes residential neighborhoods around the northern and central parts of its namesake lake. It is primarily in West Milford Township in Passaic County but extends to the northwest into Vernon Township in Sussex County. It is bordered to the west by Wawayanda State Park, to the southeast by Abram S. Hewitt State Forest, and to the northeast by the town of Warwick in Orange County, New York.

Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey
Census-designated place
Upper Greenwood Lake
Upper Greenwood Lake
Coordinates: 41°11′0″N 74°22′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesPassaic
Sussex
TownshipsWest Milford
Vernon
Area
[1]
 • Total3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2)
 • Land2.74 sq mi (7.10 km2)
 • Water0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2)
Elevation
1,110 ft (340 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
07421 (Hewitt)
Area code(s)973/862
FIPS code34-74930
GNIS feature ID2806211[2]

The lake drains to the northeast into Long House Creek, which descends into New York and joins Wawayanda Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Pochuck Creek, which in turn runs north to the Wallkill River, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Hudson.

The Upper Greenwood Lake community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.[2]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. "Upper Greenwood Lake Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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