Great Falls (Passaic River)
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The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, 77 feet (23 m) high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. The falls and surrounding area are protected as part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, administered by the National Park Service. The Congress authorized its establishment in 2009.
The Great Falls of the Passaic River.
The Great Falls in January 2019 with a characteristic rainbow.
Statue of Hamilton overlooking the falls
Engraving after a drawing of the falls made by Thomas Pownall in the 1750s
Passaic River
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The Passaic River is a river, approximately 80 miles (130 km) long, in Northern New Jersey. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, called the Great Swamp, draining much of the northern portion of the state through its tributaries.
Passaic River in Bergen and Passaic Counties
A spring located at approximately 40.761025,-74.581318 (visible in the lower right of the photo) located near the sharp bend in Spring Hill Road begins a small stream that flows roughly 1000 feet east northeast into Dubourg Pond. The stream is visible to the left of the spring flowing down into a grove of trees at the upper left of the photo. This spring likely represents the true headwater of the Passaic River.
Flowing between Summit and Chatham.
Oarswomen from Nutley High School and their coach working out in the Passaic River at Newark