Rockaway River
The Rockaway River is a tributary of the Passaic River, approximately 35 mi long, in Morris County, New Jersey in the United States. The upper course of the river flows through a wooded mountainous valley, whereas the lower course flows through the populated New Jersey suburbs and former industrial area west of New York City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: river in Morris County, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Rachawak”, “Rachawak River”, “Rackoway River”, and “Rechawak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boonton station and Towaco station.
Boonton station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boonton is a NJ Transit station in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey, United States along the Montclair–Boonton Line. It is located on Main Street, near Myrtle Avenue and I-287. Boonton station is situated 1½ miles west of Rockaway River.
Towaco station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Towaco is a station on NJ Transit's Montclair–Boonton Line located between U.S. Route 202 and Whitehall Road in the eponymous neighborhood of Montville Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Towaco station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rockaway River.
Greenwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Boonton, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Greenwood Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Rockaway River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montville and Lake Hiawatha.
Montville
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Montville is a town in New Jersey. It is largely a bedroom community for people who work in New York, but it has a nice small-town feel to it. In 2007, Montville was ranked by Money magazine as the 13th best place to live in the United States and the best in New Jersey.
Lake Hiawatha
Village
Lake Hiawatha is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Parsippany–Troy Hills Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Boonton
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boonton is a town in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 from the 2010 census count of 8,347, which in turn reflected a decline of 149 from the 8,496 counted in the 2000 census.
Rockaway River
- Category: river
- Location: Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.89878° or 40° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
-74.37613° or 74° 22′ 34″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
87G7VJXF+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 41915554OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Rockaway River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Rockaway River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rockaway”
- Cebuano: “Rockaway River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Rockaway”
- Venetian: “Rockaway”
- Welsh: “Afon Rockaway”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Montville and Towaco.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Montville Church and Parsippany Play House.
Morris County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Morristown, Madison, Dover, and Boonton.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rockaway River”. Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.