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Lakes Near Princeton, New Jersey

256 counted New Jersey lakes sit within 60 miles of Princeton - the largest is Lake Hopatcong at 2,493.66 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Hopatcong	Sussex	41 mi	2,493.66 acres	-
Round Valley Reservoir	Hunterdon	20 mi	2,272.23 acres	-
Wanaque Reservoir	Passaic	53 mi	1,971.09 acres	-
Van Sciver Lake	Burlington	15 mi	1,396.61 acres	-
Spruce Run Reservoir	Hunterdon	25 mi	1,354.88 acres	-
Lake Tappan	Bergen	59 mi	919.6 acres	-
Boonton Reservoir	Morris	39 mi	800.95 acres	-
Lake Mohawk	Sussex	46 mi	759.11 acres	-
Oradell Reservoir	Bergen	55 mi	708.31 acres	-
Ingersoll Reservoir	Warren	35 mi	649.07 acres	-
Swimming River Reservoir	Monmouth	28 mi	576.97 acres	-
Splitrock Reservoir	Morris	44 mi	554.14 acres	-
Culvers Lake	Sussex	56 mi	539.19 acres	-
Swartswood Lake	Sussex	50 mi	521.04 acres	-
Monksville Reservoir	Passaic	56 mi	511.92 acres	-
Green Pond	Morris	46 mi	506.81 acres	-
Oak Ridge Reservoir	Morris	49 mi	463.96 acres	-
Manor Lake	Burlington	16 mi	441.33 acres	-
Point View Reservoir	Passaic	48 mi	427.49 acres	-
Clinton Reservoir	Passaic	51 mi	423.94 acres	-
Upper Greenwood Lake	Passaic	58 mi	416.37 acres	-
Budd Lake	Morris	36 mi	389.54 acres	-
Highland Lake	Sussex	57 mi	328.48 acres	-
Charlotteburg Reservoir	Morris	48 mi	325.98 acres	-
Canistear Reservoir	Sussex	54 mi	319.93 acres	-
Lake Musconetcong	Morris	38 mi	315.09 acres	-
Makepeace Lake	Atlantic	56 mi	313.08 acres	-
Mercer County Lake	Mercer	6 mi	290.09 acres	-
Echo Lake	Passaic	50 mi	280.46 acres	-
Lake Owassa	Sussex	55 mi	276.61 acres	-
Upper Yards Creek Reservoir	Warren	48 mi	269.1 acres	-
Wawayanda Lake	Sussex	58 mi	247.85 acres	-
Carnegie Lake	Mercer	2 mi	243.89 acres	-
Lake Denmark	Morris	43 mi	241.92 acres	-
Farrington Lake	Middlesex	12 mi	221.41 acres	-
Canoe Brook Reservoir Number 1	Essex	32 mi	204.16 acres	-
Cranberry Lake	Sussex	41 mi	192.61 acres	-
Mount Hope Lake	Morris	40 mi	188.29 acres	-
Pompton Lake	Passaic	49 mi	185.08 acres	-
Paulins Kill Lake	Sussex	50 mi	177.59 acres	-
Country Lake	Burlington	29 mi	177.42 acres	-
Woodcliff Lake	Bergen	56 mi	166.3 acres	-
Deal Lake	Monmouth	36 mi	166.05 acres	-
Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir Number Three	Essex	34 mi	161.61 acres	-
Cooper River Lake	Camden	37 mi	161.11 acres	-
Lake Parsippany	Morris	36 mi	155.92 acres	-
Kakeout Reservoir	Morris	46 mi	148.13 acres	-
Pines Lake	Passaic	49 mi	144.8 acres	-
Mirror Lake	Burlington	27 mi	144.8 acres	-
Beaver Lake	Sussex	51 mi	144.56 acres	-
Pinecliff Lake	Passaic	56 mi	143.82 acres	-
White Meadow Lake	Morris	40 mi	143.32 acres	-
Stickle Pond	Morris	46 mi	128.49 acres	-
Willow Grove Lake	Salem	59 mi	123.52 acres	-
Glendola Reservoir	Monmouth	33 mi	120.83 acres	-
Duhernal Lake	Middlesex	16 mi	117.98 acres	-
Mountain Lake	Warren	38 mi	116.63 acres	-
Oswego Lake	Burlington	44 mi	116.63 acres	-
Lake Lackawanna	Sussex	41 mi	115.28 acres	-
Cedar Pond	Passaic	53 mi	114.9 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 256 counted lakes within 60 miles of Princeton.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.