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05-20-2008, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Clifton, NJ
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greenwood lake or lake hopatcong
which do you think is better, and why? i'm thinking of moving out of the burbs and becoming an official redneck in a lake community. i'm not overly familiar with either...i've just been on and around lake hopatcong a few times. just looking for a few opinions before i begin a more in depth search.
a boat will obviously be in the works. another perk would be local dirtbike/quad trails if possible.
when considering greenwood lake...nj or ny. it doesn't matter.
thanks
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05-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
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west milford is right next to greenwood lake...its decent up here. lots of marinas and stuff if you have a boat, pretty close to everything in town, lots of bars 
i actually bought my saturn off a guy that owns a marina on GWL
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05-20-2008, 08:12 PM
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Lake Hopatcongs general area is pretty nice, but I'm not overly familiar with it, just know the morris/sussex area well. I just moved to Budd Lake, which I'm pretty happy with for now. Very convenient to everything, and I know Lake Hopatcong isn't far at all from here.
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05-20-2008, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Little Egg Harbor NJ
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greenwood
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05-20-2008, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
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My friend grew up in Hopatcong and his family had a boat out there for years. It was great, and the state park is right there also so there area shouldn't get over-developed. There's lots of buildings and offices sprouting out that way now, compared to 10-15 years ago. Budd Lake has gone absolutely insane in the last few years!
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05-20-2008, 10:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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lake hopatcong, because I live in the town of hopatcong ( not lake hopatcong ) and you could buy my moms house so she can move to NC. Never anything to worry about. your 35 mins from the delaware water gap. Elevation changes between 925ft at the lake and 1,171ft at the top of lookout Mt. Only problem with the town of Hopatcong is there are some parts they are still finishing sewer construction and repaving what sewer construction has been completed. In a sense your a part of morris county with all the stores and hospitals. But its still sussex county which has alot of widlife. Its common to have deer walking in your yard and occansionly a black bear that comes to the neighbors bird feeder. Many houses are going through reconstrution to improve the summer bungalos. Much of this might not help but I have lived here all my life and have enjoyed it. There is a section of woods located at the end of brooklyn MT road that has dirt bike and quad trails and if you were to follow that out to sparta stanhope road you can get onto an old railroad path that leads from hopatcong all the way to the delaware water gap. called the lackawanna cutoff.
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05-21-2008, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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I grew up in Hopatcong...go to Greenwood lake.
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05-21-2008, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Clifton, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Njgunslinger
I grew up in Hopatcong...go to Greenwood lake.
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haha...nice
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05-21-2008, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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I like Greenwood Lake, use to play disc golf up there. Nice area.
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05-22-2008, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Hey I've thrown this out before but if you need help looking I'm a realtor in the North Jersey area. I live in Bloomfield and work out of Parsippany. I've been showing homes in the W. Milford area of Upper Greenwood lake so if you need help finding a place or have to sell a home here in Clifton I'd be more then happy to help you out either way.
Feel free to PM me and I'll give you my number. Also if you need references you can ask James and Genie. 
Thanks
Gene
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