Editing Medford Lakes, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 1.293 square miles (3.348&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.162 square miles (3.008&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of which is land and 0.131 square miles (0.340&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of which is water (10.15%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR1" /> The borough is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford Township]],<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/720262/touches.html Areas touching Medford Lakes], MapIt. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/burlington-county/ Burlington County Map], Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed February 26, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref>

Medford Lakes is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the [[New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve]], a protected natural area of unique ecology covering {{convert|1100000|acre}}, that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/pinelands/reserve/ The Pinelands National Reserve], [[New Jersey Pinelands Commission]]. Accessed November 27, 2013.</ref> All of the borough is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Burlington County, along with areas in [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]], [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden]], [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May]], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland]], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey|Gloucester]] and [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean]] counties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/home/munico/municipalities/ Pinelands Municipalities], [[New Jersey Pinelands Commission]], April 2003. Accessed November 27, 2013.</ref>

===Climate===
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|location = Medford Lakes, New Jersey
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 41
|Feb high F = 42
|Mar high F = 51
|Apr high F = 62
|May high F = 73
|Jun high F = 82
|Jul high F = 86
|Aug high F = 84
|Sep high F = 77
|Oct high F = 68
|Nov high F = 55
|Dec high F = 44
|year high F=
|Jan low F = 23
|Feb low F = 23
|Mar low F = 32
|Apr low F = 37
|May low F = 48
|Jun low F = 57
|Jul low F = 60
|Aug low F = 60
|Sep low F = 53
|Oct low F = 41
|Nov low F = 32
|Dec low F = 26
|year low F=
|source 1 = Weatherbase<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=724085&refer= Medford Lakes, New Jersey], Weatherbase. Accessed August 7, 2014.</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}