Rockaway Creek (New Jersey)

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Rockaway Creek
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Rockaway Creek near Oldwick
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Location
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Hunterdon County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Fairmount
  coordinates 40°44′55″N74°46′18″W / 40.74861°N 74.77167°W / 40.74861; -74.77167
Mouth Lamington River
  location
Readington Township
  coordinates
40°37′33″N74°42′44″W / 40.62583°N 74.71222°W / 40.62583; -74.71222
Basin features
River system Raritan River
GNIS feature ID879753 [1]

Rockaway Creek is a tributary of the Lamington River in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in the United States. [2]

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Truss bridge on Mill Road, Whitehouse, New Jersey over the Rockaway Creek, listed in the Whitehouse-Mechanicsville Historic District. Bridge at Rockaway Creek, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg
Truss bridge on Mill Road, Whitehouse, New Jersey over the Rockaway Creek, listed in the Whitehouse-Mechanicsville Historic District.

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References

  1. "Rockaway Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN   0-9605908-8-9

40°40′38″N74°47′47″W / 40.677204°N 74.796397°W / 40.677204; -74.796397