Yantacaw Brook Park, New Jersey

Yantacaw Brook Park, New Jersey
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Type	Public Park
Location	Montclair
Coordinates	40.847093°N 74.178658°W / 40.847093; -74.178658
Operated by	Montclair Parks and Recreation
Status	Open all year.

Yantacaw Park is a town operated park located in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. It has a small pond and the stream that feeds it and is surrounded by trees and small sloped hills with benches, with paths going through. The stream that empties into the pond and then continues at the other end of the pond is called the Yantacaw Brook. The Brook then continues into Third River in Bloomfield, New Jersey and then into Belleville, New Jersey and Nutley, New Jersey, where it enters the Passaic River. Yantacaw Brook Park is very commonly confused with Nutley's larger Yanticaw Park through which the Yanticaw River flows.

Location

Yantacaw Brook park is located in a residential area of Montclair, New Jersey and in the neighborhood of Upper Montclair. The park is in the northeastern part of the town. The park is located one block away from the Archery Field at Brookdale Park, borders the Northeast Elementary School, and a fifteen minute walk from the Upper Montclair commercial area.

Overview

The southern part of the park is centered around the small pond. Around the pond is a small cement path that goes around the edges of the pond and then splits off to the different entrances, which are usually the end of a small dead end street. The north side is where the Yantacaw Brook empties into the lake and on the opposite side is where the small dam is which lets some water continue flowing along the Yantacaw Brook. The north of the park is a forest with the Yantacaw Brook running through it. it is long and narrow, following the brook. Small bridges and an asphalt footpath are the only things here but wildlife.

Gallery

• Yantacaw Brook Park Gallery
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  View of West end of the park where a small bridge goes over the Yantacaw Brook before flowing into the pond
• The dam which helps keep the pond full
  The dam which helps keep the pond full
• Edge of the pond
  Edge of the pond