Saddle River (Passaic River tributary)

[1] The headwaters of the Saddle River are in the piedmont terrain of Rockland County, in southern New York state.

Streams from this area flow south, forming the Saddle River at their confluence, two miles south of the New York state border, in the town of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Their confluence marks the border of four Bergen County towns: Ridgewood, Paramus, Glen Rock and Fair Lawn.

Fish species in the Saddle River include largemouth bass, Brown bullhead, yellow bullhead, longnose dace, white sucker, tessellated darter, blacknose dace, various species of sunfish, American eel, carp and different varieties of trout.

These wild trout are threatened by increased residential use of lawn fertilizer which contributes to algae and weed growth.