Pines Lake, New Jersey

About Pines Lake

Pines Lake, NJ is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern New Jersey.

Pines Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.34 square miles.

📰 Pines Lake News Today

• Wayne's Residential Housing Growth to Affect Pines Lake and Theunis Dey Elementary Schools First - Study TAPinto · Jul 9
• These were North Jersey's most expensive home sales in August northjersey.com · Sep 10
• Pines Lake, New Jersey Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
• Water Main Break Closes Road Near Pines Lake Tuesday: Wayne PD Patch · Jan 14
• Carol Beatty Obituary - Wayne, New Jersey Vander May Funeral Home · Mar 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Pines Lake Unique

• The only place in America named Pines Lake — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Pines Lake

• Primo Pizza — pizza
• Brunello Ristorante — spanish
• Double Ai — chinese
• Oakland Diner
• Piatto — italian
• Thai Corner Bistro — thai
• Vila Verde Restaurant — spanish
• Wayne Steakhouse — steak house

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Wayne Van Riper Hopper Musuem · Museum
• silentsiren · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pines Lake

• Franklin Swamp · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Laurelwood Arboretum reviews ★
• Lieutenant Carey A Arthur Memorial Park reviews ★
• Linden Road Park reviews ★
• Lionshead Park reviews ★
• Pancake Hollow reviews ★
• Perennial Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Sensory Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Sgt. Thomas Deppa Memorial Park reviews ★
• South Beach reviews ★
• South Rock Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Terhune Memorial Park at Sunnybank reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Pines Lake

• Albert Payson Terhune Elementary
• Pines Lake Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Pines Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities