TV channels & antenna towers in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey

With roughly 4,290 residents, Mountain Lakes is a town in New Jersey. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 59 licensed TV transmitters: 23 full-power, 4 Class A, 26 low-power and 6 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 38 between 25 and 45 miles, and 14 farther out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to New York, NY, so most of the network channels you will find here come from New York's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WABC-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WNBC), Fox on channel 5 (WNYW), CW on channel 11 (WPIX), ION on channel 31 (WPXN-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WNJU), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 33.1 (WJLP). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 13 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna ESE, at about 118°. The main network towers for Mountain Lakes sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WCBS-TV, WNYW, WNBC, WNJU and WPXN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 25 miles southeast of Mountain Lakes (120° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Mountain Lakes at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Mountain Lakes, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Mountain Lakes is WABC-TV (ABC), 25 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 33 stations at fair strength or better, Mountain Lakes ranks 314th of 537 places in New Jersey: fewer than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 25 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

50% of New Jersey's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Parsippany, 2.6 miles away.