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Lake Hopatcong is a census-designated place (CDP) [5] in Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It includes communities on the northeast side of Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in the state. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 10,232. [2]
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km 2) in area.Located 30 miles (48 km) from the Delaware River and 40 miles (64 km) from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's northern highlands region.
Addresses in Lake Hopatcong use either Lake Hopatcong (not to be confused with the Hopatcong mailing city used in the Borough of Hopatcong) or Wharton as their mailing city. In 2016, there was an effort to change the mailing address for the Lake Shawnee section of town from a Wharton, NJ 07885 ZIP code, to a Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849 ZIP code.
Lake Hopatcong officials have prioritized water safety in recent years, particularly following the 2015 death of 10-year-old Christopher D'Amico, who fell overboard and was struck by a pontoon boat.
A deep-water oxygenation system could be in the cards for Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey's largest lake, as stakeholders seek to stifle the kind of harmful algal blooms that effectively closed it in 2019.
Route 181 runs north past several ramps of the interchange, paralleling Route 15 through Jefferson Township. The route winds northwest and reaches the eastern shores of Lake Hopatcong, where it reaches the community of Woodport. [2] At Woodport, Lake Hopatcong ends as Route 181 crosses the line from Morris County to Sussex County.
Lake Hopatcong is a commuter railroad station for New Jersey Transit. The station, located in the community of Landing in Roxbury Township , Morris County , New Jersey , United States , serves trains for the Montclair-Boonton Line and Morristown Line at peak hours and on holiday weekends.
Hopatcong State Park is a state park in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey, United States.Operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the park consists of two parcels of land: one that encompasses Lake Hopatcong and some of its southwestern shore, and another that encompasses Lake Musconetcong about one mile to the west-southwest.