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Watchung may refer to: ;In geology *Watchung Mountains, a group of three long low ridges in northern New Jersey *Watchung Outliers, six areas of isolated low hills and rock outcrops of volcanic origin in the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania ;Other *Watchung, New Jersey, a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey *Watchung Avenue (NJT station) *Watchung Borough Schools *Watchung Conference, a former high school sports association *Watchung Hills Regional High School *Watchung Reservation, a park in Union County, New Jersey {{disambig ...
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Watchung Mountains
The Watchung Mountains (once called the Blue Hills) are a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between high, lying parallel to each other in northern New Jersey in the United States. The name is derived from the American Native Lenape name for them, Wach Unks (High Hills). The Watchung Mountains are known for their numerous scenic vistas overlooking the skylines of New York City and Newark, New Jersey, as well as their isolated ecosystems containing rare plants, endangered wildlife, rich minerals, and globally imperiled trap rock glade communities.Joseph Dowhan et al. Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1997Available via the US FWS National Conservation Training Center The ridges traditionally contained the westward spread of urbanization, forming a significant geologic barrier beyond the piedmont west of the Hudson River; the town of Newark, for example, once included lands from the Hudson to th ...
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Watchung Outliers
The Watchung Outliers include six areas of isolated low hills and rock outcrops of volcanic and sedimentary origin in the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. These geologic outliers are primarily diminutive and detached remnants of the Triassic/Jurassic age Watchung Mountain basalt flows with intervening layers of sedimentary rock. All six of the outliers are found along the western edge of the Newark Basin, occupying small synclines adjacent to the Ramapo fault system. The outliers, from north to south, are known as: Ladentown, Union Hill, New Germantown/Oldwick (including Round Top), Prospect Hill, Sand Brook, and Jacksonwald. Ladentown Outlier The Ladentown Outlier is the most northern of the Watchung Outliers, located along the border of the Town of Haverstraw and Ramapo, New York, approximately seven miles north of the maximum extent of the Watchung Mountains at Campgaw Mountain. The outlier is completely composed of volcanic trap rock, the Ladent ...
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Watchung, New Jersey
Watchung () is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, located approximately west of New York City. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,801,DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Watchung borough, Somerset County, New Jersey
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Watchung Avenue (NJT Station)
Watchung Avenue (known as Park Street until April 1, 1919) is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Watchung Avenue, Watchung Plaza, and Park Street in Montclair, New Jersey along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The Watchung Avenue station is on an elevated embankment between Watchung Plaza and Park Street. The outbound platform faces the plaza, while the inbound platform and the station house are on the Park Street side. The station house has a waiting room with a bathroom and a former post office and ticket booth. Service to and from this station is weekdays (Monday to Friday) only, with all service stopping at intermediate points. Station layout The station's low-level side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...s are not wheelchair accessible. R ...
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Watchung Borough Schools
The Watchung Borough Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Watchung, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 604 students and 66.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1.District information for Watchung Borough Public School District
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Watchung Conference
The Watchung Conference was a high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The conference consisted of eleven public high schools covering Essex County, Hudson County and Union County in northern New Jersey. In 2009, the conference was disbanded. The Essex County schools joined the Super Essex Conference, the Union County schools joined the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Association, and the Hudson County schools joined the temporary North Jersey Tri-County Conference, before joining their Hudson County schools in reviving the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association The Hudson County Interscholastic League (formerly known as the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association) is a New Jersey high school sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Asso ... in 2010. Sports *Fall Sports: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Footb ...
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Watchung Hills Regional High School
Watchung Hills Regional High School is a regional comprehensive high school, comprehensive state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school and school district serving students in portions of Somerset County, New Jersey, Somerset and Morris County, New Jersey, Morris Counties in New Jersey, United States. Students from Warren Township, New Jersey, Warren Township and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, New Jersey, Watchung, and Green Brook Township, New Jersey, Green Brook in Somerset County and Long Hill Township, New Jersey, Long Hill Township in Morris County attend the school. The high school is located in Warren Township, on Stirling Road. In 2022, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the school 107th of the 445 high schools in New Jersey and 2643rd in the country, with 54% of students participating in Advanced Placement exams.
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