Hopatcong State Park
Hopatcong State Park
Location:At the southwest end of LakeHopatcong. Take Exit 28 from Route 80 or follow Route 183 in Netcong.
Facilities:Picnic areas, shelter, playgrounds, basketball courts, sand volleyballcourts, playing field, refreshments, bathhouse, boat ramps, lookoutpoint, playground.
Activities:Boating, canoeing, sailing, sailboarding, jet skiing, fishing,swimming, ice skating, ice fishing, ice boating, ice sailing, sledding,snowmobiling.
Special Features:Lake Hopatcong was originally created as part of Morris Canal, a 90-mile waterway that ran from Newark to Phillipsburg and was the chief means of transporting coal, iron, and zinc across New Jersey in the 1860s. The lake is 9 miles long with 2,500 surface acres.
Address:PO Box 8519
Landing, NJ 07850
Phone:973-398-7010
Web: www.njparksandforests.org/parks/hopatcong.html
Size: 107 acres.
See other parks in New Jersey.