THE WOODCLIFF LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Woodcliff Lake borough has 3.38 square miles of land in Bergen County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Woodcliff Lake and Bergen County
Woodcliff Lake is associated with Bergen 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.
Woodcliff Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Woodcliff Lake, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 5.5% recorded for Bergen County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Woodcliff Lake borough has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Park Ridge borough (2.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

