Monksville Reservoir


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To get to Monksville Reservoir NORTH RAMP:

From Bergen County

  • Route 208 North to 287 South.  
  • Take Exit 57 (Skyline Drive) and bear right up the hill.  
  • Follow Skyline Drive past the shopping center to the stop sign.  
  • Bear left to the next stop sign.  
  • Turn right onto Greenwood Lake Turnpike.  Wanaque Reservoir is on the left.  Go approximately 5 miles.
  • Continue until you see the Monksville Dam.  After the dam, continue past the first launch area and parking lot.  
  • Go past the shopping area on left and turn left at the Long Pond Ironworks State Park.  This is the second parking and launch area for Monksville Reservoir.

 

From Route 23 

  • Take Union Valley Road (Route 513) approx. six miles 
  • Bear right onto Marshall Hill Road, which becomes Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Route 511). 
  • Turn Right at Long Pond Ironworks State Park.

 

To get to Monksville Reservoir SOUTH  RAMP:

From Bergen County

  • Route 208 North to 287 South.  
  • Take Exit 57 (Skyline Drive) and bear right up the hill.  
  • Follow Skyline Drive past the shopping center to the stop sign.  
  • Bear left to the next stop sign.  
  • Turn right onto Greenwood Lake Turnpike.  Wanaque Reservoir is on the left.  Go approximately 5 miles.
  • Continue until you see the Monksville Dam.  After the dam, turn into the  first launch area and parking lot.  (SOUTH RAMP)
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From Route 23 

  • Take Union Valley Road (Route 513) approx. six miles 
  • Bear right onto Marshall Hill Road, which becomes Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Route 511). 
  • Continue past the  Long Pond Ironworks State Park. (NORTH RAMP) for approximately 1/2 mile
  • Continue past the shopping center on the right
  • Turn right at the sign for the SOUTH RAMP
  • If you see the reservoir on your right, you've gone too far.  There's an area you can turn around at, next right.
 

 



Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to Matt Jacobs (click on my name to send an e-mail)
Last modified: Wednesday April 23, 2008.