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Greenwood Lake stradles the New Jersey - New York border.
Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately seven miles long, straddling the border of New Jersey and New York. It is located in West Milford, New Jersey (in Passaic County) and Greenwood Lake, New York (in Orange County).
The lake was originally called "Quampium" by the Munsee Native Americans who lived there. It was renamed "Long Pond" by Europeans, who settled the area in the 18th century for farming and ironmaking, and eventually came to be re-christened "Greenwood Lake." It was dammed up in 1837 to increase the size of the lake for water power downstream.
Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately seven miles long, straddling the border of New Jersey and New York. It is located in West Milford, New Jersey (in Passaic County) and Greenwood Lake, New York (in Orange County).
The lake was originally called "Quampium" by the Munsee Native Americans who lived there. It was renamed "Long Pond" by Europeans, who settled the area in the 18th century for farming and ironmaking, and eventually came to be re-christened "Greenwood Lake." It was dammed up in 1837 to increase the size of the lake for water power downstream.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Lake
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Coordinates: 41°11'3"N 74°19'21"W
- Monksville Reservoir 4.4 km
- Upper Greenwood Lake 5.8 km
- Wanaque Reservoir 6.6 km
- Glenmere Lake 17 km
- Oak Ridge Resevoir 21 km
- Split Rock Reservoir 23 km
- Green Pond 24 km
- DeForest Lake 30 km
- Lake Tappan, New Jersey/New York 30 km
- briancliff bay 37 km
- Town of Warwick, New York 8.8 km
- Ringwood, New Jersey 9 km
- West Milford, New Jersey 10 km
- Tuxedo, New York 14 km
- Mahwah, New Jersey 17 km
- Ramapo, New York 18 km
- Harriman State Park 18 km
- Passaic County, New Jersey 19 km
- Rockland County, New York 22 km
- Bergen County, New Jersey 32 km