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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], New Providence borough had a total area of 3.71 square miles (9.61 km<sup>2</sup>), including 3.69 square miles (9.55 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.57%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> New Providence is bordered by [[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights]] to the southwest and south, and by [[Summit, New Jersey|Summit]] to the east in Union County; and to the north by [[Chatham Township, New Jersey|Chatham Township]], across the [[Passaic River]], in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010504/touches.html Areas touching New Providence], MapIt. Accessed March 1, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://ucnj.org/municipal-profiles/ Union County Municipal Profiles], [[Union County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 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> Much of the [[Murray Hill, New Jersey|Murray Hill]] neighborhood lies in New Providence, with the remainder in Berkeley Heights; Other [[Unincorporated area (New Jersey)|unincorporated communities]], localities and place names within the borough include Tall Oaks, Johnsons Bridge, and West Summit.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref> The borough lies on the western slope of [[Watchung Mountains|Second Watchung Mountain]]. There are several creek beds carved into the landscape, most of which are forks and branches of Salt Brook. These creeks join near the center of town then flow into the Passaic River, along the banks of which [[Passaic River Parkway]] is found. Over nine percent of New Providence's land area is permanently protected, publicly owned parkland. Most of this land is wooded floodplain adjacent to the Passaic. Union County owns much of the riverfront parkland and New Providence owns the remainder. There are several borough-owned parks that bracket Salt Brook, including Veterans Memorial Park on South Street, Lions Park on Livingston Avenue, and Clearwater Park near the end of Central Avenue.<ref>[http://www.newprov.org/parksandfacilities.cfm Recreation - Parks and Facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323202945/http://newprov.org/ParksandFacilities.cfm |date=March 23, 2015 }}, Borough of New Providence. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref>
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