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Rahway River
The Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex, and Union Counties, New Jersey, United States, The Rahway flows into the Arthur Kill, the tidal channel between New Jersey and Staten Island, NJ.
Part of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the river is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long. The upper reaches are lined with several parks while the mouth serves as an industrial access channel on the Chemical Coast.
The river was once on the lands of the Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the name is after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.
The river is the source of drinking water for the City of Rahway. Each spring, the river is stocked with approximately 6,000 trout.
The Rahway River rises in Essex County as two separate branches. The West Branch begins at spring-fed Crystal Lake in West Orange and flows south through the South Mountain Reservation in the valley between first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains. It runs directly through downtown Millburn. The East Branch rises as a surface stream in West Orange and forms part of the boundary between West Orange and Orange, then travels through the towns of South Orange and Maplewood. The two branches meet at Hobart Gap near Interstate 78, continuing south through the Union County communities of Springfield, Union, Cranford and Clark. In Rahway the river receives the Robinson's Branch and South Branch, which are approximately 10 miles (16 km) long. Before the creation of Union County, Robinson's Branch was the area's border between Essex and Middlesex Counties. The South Branch starts in Roosevelt Park in Edison behind the Menlo Park Mall, and flows through Edison, Iselin, and Rahway. The river's mouth is at the Arthur Kill between Carteret (on the south) and Linden (on the north), opposite Port Mobil on Staten Island.
South Mountain Reservation is home to Orange Reservoir and Campbell's Pond. A dramatic feature is Hemlock Falls: a 25-foot-high cascade of Rahway water over rock cliffs. The reservoir located in the reservation's northern tract. Within the borders of West Orange, it is owned by the City of Orange. It was originally developed during the intense urbanization of northeastern New Jersey in the late 19th century, drawing from the Rahway River. The man-made lake is no longer part of the water-supply system. It is now used for recreation. The complex abutting the reservoir includes a miniature golf course, and a restaurant, McLoone's, opened in 2011.
Just below South Mountain Reservation in Millburn, New Jersey, the river runs through Taylor Park.
The Rahway River Parkway is a greenway of parkland that hugs the Rahway River and its tributaries. Formed by the Union County Parks Commission in the 1920s, was designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, who were the sons of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Rahway River
The Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex, and Union Counties, New Jersey, United States, The Rahway flows into the Arthur Kill, the tidal channel between New Jersey and Staten Island, NJ.
Part of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the river is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long. The upper reaches are lined with several parks while the mouth serves as an industrial access channel on the Chemical Coast.
The river was once on the lands of the Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the name is after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.
The river is the source of drinking water for the City of Rahway. Each spring, the river is stocked with approximately 6,000 trout.
The Rahway River rises in Essex County as two separate branches. The West Branch begins at spring-fed Crystal Lake in West Orange and flows south through the South Mountain Reservation in the valley between first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains. It runs directly through downtown Millburn. The East Branch rises as a surface stream in West Orange and forms part of the boundary between West Orange and Orange, then travels through the towns of South Orange and Maplewood. The two branches meet at Hobart Gap near Interstate 78, continuing south through the Union County communities of Springfield, Union, Cranford and Clark. In Rahway the river receives the Robinson's Branch and South Branch, which are approximately 10 miles (16 km) long. Before the creation of Union County, Robinson's Branch was the area's border between Essex and Middlesex Counties. The South Branch starts in Roosevelt Park in Edison behind the Menlo Park Mall, and flows through Edison, Iselin, and Rahway. The river's mouth is at the Arthur Kill between Carteret (on the south) and Linden (on the north), opposite Port Mobil on Staten Island.
South Mountain Reservation is home to Orange Reservoir and Campbell's Pond. A dramatic feature is Hemlock Falls: a 25-foot-high cascade of Rahway water over rock cliffs. The reservoir located in the reservation's northern tract. Within the borders of West Orange, it is owned by the City of Orange. It was originally developed during the intense urbanization of northeastern New Jersey in the late 19th century, drawing from the Rahway River. The man-made lake is no longer part of the water-supply system. It is now used for recreation. The complex abutting the reservoir includes a miniature golf course, and a restaurant, McLoone's, opened in 2011.
Just below South Mountain Reservation in Millburn, New Jersey, the river runs through Taylor Park.
The Rahway River Parkway is a greenway of parkland that hugs the Rahway River and its tributaries. Formed by the Union County Parks Commission in the 1920s, was designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, who were the sons of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.