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.Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
- 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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: EKoppel, Public domain.
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
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 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 2000 census count of 18,110 count.
Nutley
Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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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”
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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
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