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Appelt Park Access

Appelt Park Access provides a large dirt parking lot for anglers accessing the Pequannock River in Riverdale.

Located off Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (Riverdale Avenue), approximately 1/2 mile west of Route 287, this access point serves the trout-stocked section of the river from Route 23 downstream to the railroad trestle below the park.


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