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Great Notch, New Jersey

Great Notch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in eastern Little Falls, in Passaic County, in the U.S.

Great Notch, New Jersey
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The place

Great Notch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in eastern Little Falls, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Great Notch had a population of 3,289. It gets its name from a gap in the first of the Watchung Mountains. Located in Great Notch are parts of Montclair State University and the Great Notch Fire Company.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Great Notch, New Jersey

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Montclair State University

    Montclair State University is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Parts of the campus extend into Clifton and into Little Falls.

    1.9 km · public university in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    MSU Soccer Park

    MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field is a soccer-specific stadium on the campus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. The stadium serves as home to the Montclair Red Hawks men's and women's soccer teams, although it has also been a frequent venue for professional soccer teams.

    1.6 km · soccer stadium in New Jersey, USA · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    New Jersey's 8th congressional district

    New Jersey's 8th congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rob Menendez, who has served in Congress since January 2023. The district is majority Hispanic, and includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including most of Hudson County, and its county seat, Jersey City, as well as parts of Newark and Elizabeth.

    3.6 km · U.S. House district for New Jersey · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Yantacaw Brook Park, New Jersey

    Yantacaw Brook is a tributary of the Third River in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The brook rises in Montclair and then continues into the Third River in Bloomfield, New Jersey and then into Belleville and Nutley, where it enters the Passaic River.

    3.9 km · park in New Jersey, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Yogi Berra Stadium

    Yogi Berra Stadium is a baseball stadium in Little Falls, New Jersey, on the campus of Montclair State University. The stadium is home to the Montclair State Red Hawks baseball team, which competes in NCAA Division III; the NJIT Highlanders baseball team which competes in NCAA Division I; and the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which adjoins the stadium on its first base side.

    1.2 km · baseball stadium at Montclair State University, NJ, US · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Jacobus House

    The Jacobus House is located in Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1725 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1975.

    3.5 km · historic house in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Presby Memorial Iris Gardens

    Presby Memorial Iris Gardens is a nonprofit, living museum specializing in iris flowers, located at 474 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair in Essex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The gardens are situated on 6.5 acres.

    2.6 km · historic house in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sprague Field

    Sprague Field is a 6,000-seat stadium located on the campus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. The stadium is located on the Normal Avenue side of the campus adjacent to the university's major indoor sporting venue, the Panzer Athletic Center, and is within walking distance of the Montclair Heights rail station. Sprague Field is one of several athletic venues on campus and plays host to the Montclair State Red Hawks football team, its field hockey team, and its men's and women's lacrosse teams.

    1.8 km · football stadium in New Jersey, USA · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    United States Animal Quarantine Station

    The United States Animal Quarantine Station, sometimes referred to the as Athenia Quarantine Station, is located in the city of Clifton in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, constructed in 1900, and colloquially called the Ellis Island for Animals. The complex, closed in 1975, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1981, for its significance to agriculture.

    3.9 km · historic building complex in Clifton, New Jersey · Wikipedia

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Getting to Great Notch, New Jersey

Airports
Newark Liberty (EWR), 21 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 30 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 45 km
Stations
Mountain Avenue, 2.8 km
  • New York → Great Notch, New Jersey
    25 km · quickest by road, 46 min · $2.5–3.5
  • Philadelphia → Great Notch, New Jersey
    131 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · $13–17
  • Hartford → Great Notch, New Jersey
    161 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · $16–22
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What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextOften referred to as "Wall Street West", it still contains amazing views of Manhattan, Liberty State Park, which has ferries to Liberty and Ellis Island, and tons of foreign cuisine.

From Wikivoyage: Clifton (New Jersey), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2022-01.

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Around it

Next door to Great Notch, New Jersey

Great Notch, New Jersey is 23 km from Manhattan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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