Editing Montville, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 19.12 square miles (49.51&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 18.63 square miles (48.24&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.49 square mile (1.27&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.57%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Horse Neck Bridge, Lake Valhalla, Lower Montville, [[Pine Brook, Morris County, New Jersey|Pine Brook]], Taylortown, [[Towaco, New Jersey|Towaco]] and White Hall.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The township borders the municipalities of [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]], [[Boonton Township, New Jersey|Boonton Township]], [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover Township]], [[Kinnelon, New Jersey|Kinnelon]], [[Lincoln Park, New Jersey|Lincoln Park]] and [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills]] in Morris County; and [[Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey|Fairfield Township]] in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1072254/touches.html Areas touching Montville], MapIt. Accessed February 28, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5hiBO5NWHt5YzdlbHhiWnNWU2s/view Morris County Municipalities Map], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Department of Planning and Preservation. Accessed February 28, 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>

Camp Dawson is a small camp area in Towaco that is home to a variety of recreational events such as hiking, sledding, soccer, lacrosse, rugby and football. In 2007, Camp Dawson was described by ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' magazine as one of reasons for ranking Montville as the 13th best smaller population place to live in the United States.<ref name="SchneiderLive">{{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Tehani|title=Montville ranked 13th best place to live in U.S.|agency=Money (magazine)|publisher=Daily Record (Morristown)|date=17 July 2007|id={{ProQuest|439928983}}}}</ref> Many Montville sports teams use the fields at Camp Dawson, which include two turf fields mainly used for [[American football|football]], [[Association football|soccer]] and [[lacrosse]]. These fields have lighting available for these teams to play at night.<ref>Capuzzo, Jill P. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/realestate/04Living.html "Montville Township, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 2, 2010. Accessed August 12, 2018. "Children have a range of sports and recreation programs to choose from in the township's numerous parks, among them the sprawling Montville Community Park, which has picnic grounds, bocce courts, an amphitheater and six playing fields. Camp Dawson has lighted fields for soccer, football and lacrosse."</ref> There was a flurry of concern in 2008, when testing of Dawson's new artificial turf playing fields showed what turned out to be a false positive finding of dangerously high levels of toxic lead.<ref name="SchneiderLive"/><ref name="SchneiderLevels">{{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Tehani|title=Montville restricts use of fields after tests reveal unsafe lead levels|newspaper=Daily Record|date=2 May 2008|id={{ProQuest|440028549}}}}</ref><ref name="SchneiderFields">{{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Tehani|title=No harmful lead levels found in new test of Montville turf fields|newspaper=Daily Record|date=7 May 2008|id={{ProQuest|440027635}}}}</ref>

===Climate===
Montville has a [[humid continental climate]]. The lowest recorded temperature in Montville is −25&nbsp;°F (−32&nbsp;°C), set in February 1943, and the highest recorded temperature is 105&nbsp;°F (41&nbsp;°C), set in July 1936 and 2011.<ref name=Weather/>

{{Weather box |metric first =
|location = Montville, New Jersey
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 71
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 100
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 81
|Dec record high F = 73
|year record high F= 105
|Jan high F = 36
|Feb high F = 39
|Mar high F = 48
|Apr high F = 60
|May high F = 71
|Jun high F = 79
|Jul high F = 84
|Aug high F = 82
|Sep high F = 75
|Oct high F = 64
|Nov high F = 53
|Dec high F = 41
|Jan low F = 15
|Feb low F = 17
|Mar low F = 25
|Apr low F = 35
|May low F = 45
|Jun low F = 54
|Jul low F = 59
|Aug low F = 57
|Sep low F = 49
|Oct low F = 37
|Nov low F = 30
|Dec low F = 21
|Jan record low F = −24
|Feb record low F = −25
|Mar record low F = −10
|Apr record low F = 11
|May record low F = 24
|Jun record low F = 29
|Jul record low F = 36
|Aug record low F = 32
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 10
|Nov record low F = −1
|Dec record low F = −17
|year record low F= −25
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.34
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.44
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.56
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.54
|May precipitation inch = 4.79
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.51
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.64
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.43
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.11
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.10
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.53
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.08
|precipitation colour = green
|source 1 = <ref name=Weather>[http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/07045 Monthly Averages for Montville, NJ (07045)], [[Weather.com]]. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref>
|date=November 2011
}}