Ryker Lake

Ryker Lake (30 acres) is in Sparta Township, Sussex County. It is in the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. It is a shallow man-made lake with a launch site on the south side. It may be overgrown with weeds during the summer.

Access Ryker Lake from Edison Road. A few hundreds yards from the junction with Glen Road, there is a narrow unmarked dirt road on the right-hand side. Take that road down through the woods for a quarter-mile to the lake.

June Visit

October Visit

References

  • 2008 NJ DEP Fish and Wildlife DIGEST (see page 32 of PDF): link

October / 2025