Make a left turn at Church street. In one block you will come to Birch Street and the Boonton Presbyterian Church. The church steeple and the flag stop the tall apartment house across the street are visible for miles, especially as you approach from the south on Route 187. Continue to Main Street and turn right. At the traffic light, cross to the opposite sidewalk and continue uphill.
Stores give way to a stone wall overlooking a park.
In the winter when the trees are bare you will clearly see the Rockaway River snaking through its deep gorge. In the summer you will merely hear it, Boonton's little Niagara. Walk along North Main Street, then down the driveway before the Boonton Water Department building. Walk behind the building and enter the old towpath of the Morris Canal. When the watered section of canal ends, follow the path to the right and turn right on North Main Street, returning the way you came alongside the canal and river.