Geography
Rockaway Township is located at 40°57′31″N 74°29′59″W / 40.958742°N 74.499844°W / 40.958742; -74.499844 (40.958742,-74.499844). According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 45.546 square miles (117.961 km2), of which, 41.403 square miles (107.232 km2) of it is land and 4.143 square miles (10.729 km2) of it (9.10%) is water.
Rockaway Township and its sister community, Rockaway Borough, and the area around the two municipalities are home to some scenic areas. These areas include lakes, rivers, and expansive ranges of mountains, covered with trees and wildlife and hiking trails, including Farny State Park, Wildcat Ridge WMA, and Mount Hope Historical Park and Splitrock Reservoir. Newark's Pequannock Watershed is administered by the Newark Watershed Development Corporation. The river keeper for the Pequannock River is the Pequannock River Coalition.
In addition, two sites on the National Register of Historic Places can be found in Rockaway Township. Split Rock Furnace, a Civil War era iron ore furnace which is still intact. The Ford-Faesch Manor House, is a 1768 stone mansion that figured prominently during the Revolutionary War and in the 250-year history of Morris County iron industry.
Lake Telemark (2000 Census population of 1,202) and White Meadow Lake (9,052) are census-designated places and unincorporated areas located within Rockaway Township. Hibernia, site of the Hibernia mines, is an unincorporated community within the township. Green Pond is a lake and an accompanying residential community in the township. Splitrock Reservoir is 625 acres (2.53 km2) of wilderness straddling the borders of Rockaway Township and Kinnelon.
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