It’s not quite as famous as the San Andreas but this fault is vital to Rockaway’s history. This is not as surprising as you may think since Rockaway rests along the Mount Hope Fault (with the Rockaway Valley & Ramapo Faults not far away either) named for our Mount Hope! If you were in the Rockaway area yesterday then you felt that we had a 2.3 magnitude earthquake! Photo credit/Wikimedia File:Lenape_Languages.png Not just this month, but every day we encourage you to learn more about the federal tribes who contribute to our park: Delaware Tribe of Indians ( ), Delaware Nation ( ), and Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians ( ) O Kittatinny - big mountain or endless hill

How many of these places do you recognize? Their language also endures through many names in this area.

And while most tribal members are still in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wisconsin, they are still actively involved in managing the park and their ancestral home. The Lenape people were forced to leave their homeland during the Westward Migration. Meaning “Land of the Lenape,” Lenapehoking includes Eastern Pennsylvania, all of New Jersey, Southeastern New York, Northern Delaware, and a small part of Southeastern Connecticut.

Lenapehoking (Lun-NAH-pay-hok-ing) is the traditional home of the Lenape (Lun-NAH-pay) people, also known as the Delaware people.

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