Spruce Run Reservoir

Planning a day at Spruce Run Reservoir

The center of the lake is at 40.6528, -74.9317. Water leaves through the Spruce Run.

Ask the managing agency directly if the level matters for your trip. The nearest gauge on record, 403859074555201 (Spruce Run Res 3075 ft NW of dam at Clinton NJ), sits some 0 miles off and covers other water. There is no live level reading for Spruce Run Reservoir. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured.

If Spruce Run Reservoir is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Round Valley Reservoir (New Jersey, 6 mi), Lake Nockamixon (Pennsylvania, 20 mi) and Lake Hopatcong (New Jersey, 26 mi). In all, 12 lakes in New Jersey are covered here.

No named swimming beach is mapped at Spruce Run Reservoir in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first. If you need a named beach, Huylers Beach on Oradell Reservoir is some 56 miles from here. A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet.

Swimming season in New Jersey runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency. The same station reports water temperature, last read at 52.7 °F.