BOONTON - The rains may have stopped but if you take just a short walk off of Main Street you can hear a roaring sound coming from the Boonton Gorge as runoff from recent storms crashes onto the rocks in the Rockaway River A mist fills the air at the base of the gorge where water swirls and foams...
BOONTON - The rains may have stopped but if you take just a short walk off of Main Street you can hear a roaring sound coming from the Boonton Gorge as runoff from recent storms crashes onto the rocks in the Rockaway River
A mist fills the air at the base of the gorge where water swirls and foams in an oval shaped pool that at one time was a swimming hole. The town has banned swimming at the gorge since several people have lost their lives in the swirling pool.
The gorge is located just east of a six-foot dam at Grace Lord Park.
As the rushing water continues it's journey, it flows under a railroad bridge then passes under Route 287 before ending at the Jersey City Reservoir.
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