West Portal, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Hunterdon County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | West Portal's location in Hunterdon County (Inset: Hunterdon County in New Jersey) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hunterdon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Bethlehem |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation Ft: | 436 |
Coordinates: | 40.6622°N -75.0333°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 881725[1] |
West Portal is an unincorporated community located within Bethlehem Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3]
The community is centered at the intersection of Route 173 and County Route 643, approximately southwest of Hampton.[4] The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through West Portal and Lehigh Line's north entrance to the Pattenburg Tunnel (which goes underneath Musconetcong Mountain) is located in West Portal.