Hackettstown is a borough in Warren County in northwestern New Jersey, located in the Musconetcong River valley between the Pohatcong Mountains to the south and the Allamuchy range to the north. The town sits near the intersection of Route 46 and Route 517 and is the largest municipality in Warren County’s central corridor. Warren County’s terrain, with its mix of river valleys, farmland, and forested ridges, is suited to small-scale agricultural production, and the county has supported both wineries and craft breweries serving the rural northwestern New Jersey population.

Hackettstown’s position along Route 46 connects it to the Pennsylvania border to the west and to Morris County’s larger suburban communities to the east, making it a natural waypoint on a northwestern New Jersey craft beverage tour. The Musconetcong River, which runs through the valley here, historically powered mills, and the agricultural land along its banks has supported orchards and vineyards. Visitors to Warren County’s craft beverage venues often combine stops in Hackettstown with wineries and taprooms in the Finesville and Oxford areas nearby.