Macopin New Jersey Map

About Macopin, New Jersey

Macopin is a locality in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,199. The population density is 138.3 people per km². Macopin is located at 41.0269°N, 74.3800°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07480.

Macopin occupies a rugged expanse of northern highlands where the terrain rises in deliberate, rocky folds toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Kittatinny Mountains. It lies 3.7 miles north-northwest of Kinnelon, NJ (from Kinnelon, NJ: bearing 342°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-southwest of West Milford. Apshawa Brook carves a persistent path through the local topography, its waters cold and clear as they navigate the dense, shadowed thickets of Norvin Green State Forest. The air here holds a distinct, metallic sharpness at dusk, carrying the scent of damp loam and cooling stone that characterizes this inland ridge. Beyond the immediate canopy, the landscape opens toward Union Valley, a basin that catches the long, amber light of the setting sun, illuminating the erratic granite outcroppings that define the earth beneath the trees.

Macopin reflects a history of quiet, stubborn industry, rooted in the extraction of iron ore and the slow clearing of timber that once sustained the early regional economy. Today, the pace of life remains tethered to the rhythm of the woods and the seasonal shifts that transform the surrounding wilderness into a tapestry of deep greens and brittle, russet leaves. The presence of the Charlotteburg Reservoir exerts a cooling influence on the local climate, its still surface mirroring the heavy, gray skies of late autumn. Residents maintain a solitude fostered by the isolation of the forest, keeping watch over a landscape where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the thick, impenetrable silence of the highlands.

About This Macopin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macopin, New Jersey. Coordinates: 41.026869, -74.38004. 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 Macopin includes the ZIP code (07480), telephone area code (973, 862), county seat of Passaic County (Paterson), and school district assignment (West Milford 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.