Great Notch New Jersey Map

About Great Notch, New Jersey

Great Notch is a locality in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,289. The population density is 1280.1 people per km². Great Notch is located at 40.8745°N, 74.2076°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07424.

Great Notch defines the transition where the jagged basalt of the First Watchung Mountain yields to the low-lying, industrious plains of the interior. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity, often carrying the damp salt-breath of the Atlantic from sixteen miles away, even as it settles over the quiet surface of the Cedar Grove Reservoir. Third River carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its banks lined with the sediment of an older, harder earth. Inwood Park offers a meager but vital respite of green, a patch of managed wilderness where the light at dusk turns the shadows into deep, bruised purples against the rising ridges. Beyond these immediate boundaries, the Preakness Valley spreads out like a basin, catching the evening mist before it drifts toward the distant, unseen waters of Wallington Reach.

Great Notch emerged from the hard necessity of transit and the relentless push of an expanding industrial age, its economy once tethered to the iron-willed movement of stone and rail. The echoes of a working-class history persist in the utilitarian architecture and the steady, rhythmic pulse of daily life that ignores the frantic pace of the wider world. Three miles away, the Passaic Falls once powered the dreams of early manufacturers, and that same spirit of harnessed force remains a subtle undercurrent in the local character. Despite its proximity to the vast, sprawling density of the region, Great Notch maintains a deliberate, self-contained stillness, where the landscape—marked by ancient volcanic rock and the patient flow of water—dictates the boundaries of progress. It is a place where the modern commuter finds a fragile equilibrium between the memory of heavy industry and the encroaching, quiet suburban sprawl.

About This Great Notch Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Great Notch, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.874544, -74.207646. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Great Notch includes the ZIP code (07424), telephone area code (973, 862), county seat of Passaic County (Paterson), and school district assignment (Little Falls Township School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.