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Watchung Reservation is the largest nature reserve in Union County, New Jersey, United States. [1] The Watchung area is located on a ridge within northern-central New Jersey, as it consists mainly of the upper valley of Blue Brook, between the ridges of the First Watchung Mountain and Second Watchung Mountains.
Watchung (/ w ɑː ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ /) is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles (47 km) west of New York City.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, [10] [11] an increase of 648 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,801, [20] [21] which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+3.3%) from the 5,613 counted in ...
Washington Rock State Park is a 52-acre (0.21 km 2) 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. It is famous for its scenic overlook used by General George Washington in 1777 to monitor troops led by British General ...
The Watchung Mountains are a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between 400 and 500 feet (120 and 150 m) high, lying parallel to each other in northern New Jersey in the United States. The name is derived from the American Native Lenape name for them, Wach Unks (High Hills).
New Jersey's 7th congressional district includes all of Hunterdon and Warren Counties; and parts of Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties. The district is represented by Republican Thomas Kean Jr. , who was first elected in 2022 , defeating Democratic incumbent Tom Malinowski .
Washington Valley Park is a 715-acre (2.89 km 2) public park between the first and second Watchung mountain ridge in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater Township, New Jersey that is administered by the Somerset County Park Commission. It contains the Washington Valley Reservoir and the Chimney Rock Hawk Watch.
Blue Brook [1] is a tributary of Green Brook in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. Blue Brook flows from Summit through Lake Surprise in the Watchung Reservation and terminating at Seeley's Pond near the corners of Diamond Hill Road and Valley Road where it joins Green Brook.
Lake Surprise [1] is a reservoir made by Surprise Lake Dam [2] 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 [3] for David Felt's papermill. [4] The lake was previously known as Feltville Lake, then renamed Ackerman Lake, and renamed again ...