[6] The community is in the hills of New Jersey's Skylands Region, on the shores of Lake Musconetcong.

[2] In the 1820s, George P. Macculloch envisioned a canal that would transport Pennsylvania coal to New York City.

Despite the changeover in transportation methods, Port Morris found a new role.

It is bordered to the east by the unincorporated community of Landing and to the west by the borough of Netcong.

The Sussex County line follows the thread of the river and the passes through the center of the lake, with the borough of Stanhope to the north.