New Jersey Lakes by Region

New Jersey : Atlantic City Area (1)

• Pine Barrens Lakes

New Jersey : Delaware River (2)

• Lake Carnegie
• Pine Barrens Lakes

New Jersey : Gateway (4)

• Greenwood Lake
• Lake Tappan
• Lake Erskine
• Upper Greenwood Lake

New Jersey : Shore (4)

• Deal Lake
• Pine Barrens Lakes
• Manasquan Reservoir
• Spring Lake

New Jersey : Skylands (11)

• Culver Lake
• Lake Owassa
• Highland Lakes
• Merrill Creek Reservoir
• Lake Aeroflex
• Oxford Furnace Lake
• Lake Hopatcong
• Round Valley Reservoir
• Lake Mohawk
• Spruce Run Reservoir
• Lake Musconetcong

New Jersey : Southern Shore (1)

• Union Lake

Merrill Creek Reservoir

New Jersey Lakes A-Z

• Culver Lake
• Lake Hopatcong
• Oxford Furnace Lake
• Deal Lake
• Lake Mohawk
• Pine Barrens Lakes
• Greenwood Lake
• Lake Musconetcong
• Round Valley Reservoir
• Highland Lakes
• Lake Owassa
• Spring Lake
• Lake Aeroflex
• Lake Tappan
• Spruce Run Reservoir
• Lake Carnegie
• Manasquan Reservoir
• Union Lake
• Lake Erskine
• Merrill Creek Reservoir
• Upper Greenwood Lake

Lakes in NJ

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Culver Lake	Also known as: Culvers Lake Culver Lake is an exclusive, privately owned body of water located in Sussex County New Jersey. The immaculate 555-acre lake has an average depth of 50 ...
Deal Lake	The largest freshwater coastal lake in New Jersey, Deal Lake is composed of a unique series of shallow ponds and channels clustered together -- as opposed ...
Greenwood Lake	Formerly known as "Long Pond", Greenwood Lake is a natural reservoir that straddles the New York/New Jersey border. The lake is the largest freshwater ...
Highland Lakes	Also known as: Lake Wawayanda, Lake Glenwood, Lake Pochung, Lake Wallkill, Pleasant Valley Lake, Tall Timbers Lake, Lake Panorama, Louemma Lake, Scenic Lakes, Highland Lake, East Highland Lake, Upper Highland Lake, Upper West Highland Lake, Lake Wanda The Highland Lakes in New Jersey's Skylands region have always been special. The Highland Lakes area includes the Vernon Valley, known as some of New ...
Lake Aeroflex	Also known as: New Wawayanda Lake Tucked away within New Jersey's Skylands region, Lake Aeroflex is the crown jewel of the Kittatinny Valley State Park. Sometimes called New Wawayanda ...
Lake Carnegie	Also known as: Carnegie Lake Although steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is remembered for his library donations, one of his lesser-known gifts to society is Lake Carnegie, ...
Lake Erskine	Also known as: Erskine Lakes Erskine Lake is the prized possession of a proud private community. Sitting in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey in the Gateway Region, Lake Erskine ...
Lake Hopatcong	Lake Hopatcong is the largest lake in New Jersey, at about nine miles long with 45 miles of shoreline and covering 2,560 acres. Only 45 miles from New ...
Lake Mohawk	Nestled in the town of Sparta, Lake Mohawk will take visitors and residents back in time with Tudor style architecture dotted around the lake. Although ...
Lake Musconetcong	In the early 1800's, the Morris Canal and Banking Company was tasked with building a canal to help move freight across the New Jersey. In order to supply ...
Lake Owassa	A privately-owned association lake, Lake Owassa is located in Sussex County in the Culvers Gap Area of the Skyland Region. The lake is only 275-acres ...
Lake Tappan	Also known as: Tappan Lake, Lake Tappan Reservoir, Tappan Reservoir Lake Tappan is one of a series of reservoirs that was created to deliver drinking water to the huge population of the New York City metro area. The lake ...
Manasquan Reservoir	Also known as: Manasquan County Reservoir Manasquan Reservoir is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Artifacts found near the reservoir indicate that its land was once occupied by the Lenape ...
Merrill Creek Reservoir	Merrill Creek Reservoir, located in Warren County, New Jersey, is a 650-acre man-made lake completed in 1988. The reservoir project took 13 years of planning ...
Oxford Furnace Lake	Also known as: Furnace Brook Watershed #2 Dam What was once built for practical purposes of flood and erosion control is now a quiet lake area known as Oxford Furnace Lake in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
Pine Barrens Lakes	Also known as: Pinelands, Lake Atsion, Lake Absegami, Mirror Lake, Big Pine Lake, Little Pine Lake, Country Lake, Presidential Lake Some of the most-visited lakes in New Jersey are the impoundments within the Pinelands National Reserve. Sprawled across the New Jersey Shore, Delaware ...
Round Valley Reservoir	Round Valley Reservoir spans 2,350 acres in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The reservoir fills the valley formed by the ring-shaped Cushetunk Mountain, ...
Spring Lake	The mute swans glide across the surface of Spring Lake, their heads tipped demurely toward the clean, spring water. Their graceful presence is an elegant, ...
Spruce Run Reservoir	Spruce Run Reservoir is one of the oldest reservoirs in the state of New Jersey. Constructed in the 1960s to meet an increasing need for water supplies ...
Union Lake	Union Lake is an 898-acre reservoir located in the town of Millville in southern New Jersey. The lake dates back to the 1790s, when the damming of the ...
Upper Greenwood Lake	Once a private summer resort lake, Upper Greenwood Lake is now home to full-time residents who enjoy lake living in north central New Jersey. Located ...