Ramapo Lake

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| name = Ramapo Lake

| image = 2013-05-12 10 25 41 View northwest from Ramapo Lake Dam on the Hoeferlin Trail in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey.jpg

| caption = View northwest from Ramapo Lake Dam

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| type = Reservoir

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| area = {{convert|120|acre|abbr=on}}

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| max-depth = {{convert|22|ft|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|550|ft|abbr=on}}

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| pushpin_map = New Jersey#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Ramapo Lake in New Jersey, USA.

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Ramapo Lake is a 120-acre man-made lake in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in Northern New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2008/digfsh27-37.pdf|title=Off The Beaten Path January 2008 edition|accessdate=May 31, 2013}}

Ramapo Lake originally consisting of a 25-acre pond named Rotten Poel (Rats Pond) by the Dutch. It was enlarged and deepened by Jacob Rogers in the late 19th century when he built a stone dam across its outlet.{{cite web|url=http://www.users.nac.net/axtell/History.htm|title=VAN SLYKE CASTLE and RAMAPO PARK|accessdate=May 31, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114070135/http://www.users.nac.net/axtell/History.htm|archivedate=November 14, 2013}}