Third River

The Third River, also known as the Yantecaw River, is the third main tributary of the Passaic River in Passaic and Essex Counties, New Jersey in the United States.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in the United States of America
Also known as: “Jantucuck River”, “Jantukuk River”, “Yantacaw River”, “Yantecaw River”, and “Yauntakah River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyndhurst Draw and Lyndhurst station.

Lyndhurst Draw

Bridge

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The Lyndhurst Draw is a railroad bridge crossing the Passaic River between Clifton and Lyndhurst in northeastern New Jersey. Built in 1903, it is owned and operated by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations.

Lyndhurst station

Railway station

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Lyndhurst is a NJ Transit rail station located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey on the Main Line. The current station building opened on June 8, 2025, replacing the previous building located a block away.

Delawanna station

Railway station

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Delawanna is a commuter rail station for New Jersey Transit in the Delawanna section of Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey. The station, located at the intersection of Delawanna Avenue and Oak Street, serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Main Line, serving Hoboken Terminal on the east end and Suffern and Port Jervis stations on the west end in New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyndhurst and Rutherford.

Lyndhurst

Town

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Bergen County is in the Gateway region at the northeastern corner of New Jersey. Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a highly developed part of the New York City metropolitan area.

Rutherford

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Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,834, an increase of 773 from the 2010 census count of 18,061, which in turn reflected a decline of 49 from the 18,110 counted in the 2000 census.

Nutley

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Nutley is a township in Essex County of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 30,143, an increase of 1,773 from the 2010 census count of 28,370, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,008 from the 27,362 counted in the 2000 census.

Third River

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.82038° or 40° 49′ 13″ north

Longitude

-74.13037° or 74° 7′ 49″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87G7RVC9+5V

GeoNames ID

5105369

Wikidata ID

Q7784941

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Third River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Third”
Cebuano: “Third River”
Dutch: “Third River”
Irish: “Abhainn Third”
Japanese: “三番川”
Venetian: “Third”
Welsh: “Afon Third”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lyndhurst and Delawanna.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lyndhurst Municipal Park and Yantacaw Pond.

Essex County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Newark, Newark Liberty International Airport, Montclair, and Nutley.

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