Everything about The Ramapo River totally explained
The
Ramapo River is a
tributary of the
Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southern
New York and northern
New Jersey in the
United States.
It rises in a mountainous area of central
Orange County, New York, near
Monroe and flows southeast to
Harriman, then south into western
Rockland County, then into northern
Bergen County, New Jersey. In New Jersey, it flows SSW, along the east side of the ridge of the
Ramapo Mountains. It flows into Potash Lake in
Oakland and officially ends at Pompton Lake in
Pompton Lakes, although the river which flows out of Pompton Lake is still called the Ramapo River until it makes a junction with the Pequannock River, whereupon the two tributaries are then called the Pompton River.
The river is a popular destination for
fly fishing of
trout. The
New York State Thruway follows the valley of the river in Orange County.
There are areas noted along the Ramapo that were inhabited by the
Lenape tribes of the area. Of particular note was a large "encampment" of the native tribe across from what is now
Ramapo College in
Mahwah, New Jersey.
There are also many smaller archeological sites in
Oakland, New Jersey that were inhabited by the early tribes, areas of Oakland also contain many areas where fossilized crustaceans can be found along the banks of the river. In Oakland there are areas that border the river where there has been residential development, it should be noted that some of these areas have been built on what are ancient burial grounds of the Lenape tribes. These developments on the burial grounds encompass streets named Ramapo River Terrace, Crooked Hill, Winding Ridge and Sky Top Ridge. The development area known as Falling Waters has been built on ancient caves that both Lenape and perhaps earlier native peoples inhabited.
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