THE BUDD LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands setting.
Budd Lake CDP has 5.44 square miles of land in Morris County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Budd Lake and Morris County
Budd Lake is associated with Morris County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Budd Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.98 square miles of water within Budd Lake, or 15.3% of its total area. It is 11 percentage points higher than the 4.3% recorded for Morris County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Budd Lake CDP has 18.4% of the land area of nearby Mount Olive township (29.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

