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Landing Creek (New Jersey)

Coordinates: 39°34′40″N 74°34′58″W / 39.57787°N 74.582705°W / 39.57787; -74.582705
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Landing Creek
View of Landing Creek in the forest
Landing Creek just north of Clarks Landing Rd.
Pushpin map showing Landing Creek's mouth on the Mullica River on the northeast border of Egg Harbor City
Pushpin map showing Landing Creek's mouth on the Mullica River on the northeast border of Egg Harbor City
Location of Landing Creek's mouth in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyAtlantic County
MunicipalitiesMullica Township, Galloway Township, Egg Harbor City
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMullica Township
 • coordinates39°32′18.7″N 74°41′04.1″W / 39.538528°N 74.684472°W / 39.538528; -74.684472[2]
MouthMullica River
 • location
Egg Harbor City
 • coordinates
39°34′55.5″N 74°32′38.8″W / 39.582083°N 74.544111°W / 39.582083; -74.544111[1]
Length11.2 miles (18.0 km)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftIndian Cabin Creek
 • rightUnion Creek, Elliots Creek, Rubins Run

Landing Creek is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km)[3] tributary of the Mullica River in southern New Jersey in the United States. The creek originates near Egg Harbor City and joins the Mullica River just below Lower Bank[4] near Hog Islands. It is joined along its route by Union Creek, Elliots Creek, Indian Cabin Creek, and Rubins Run, in that order.

Landing Creek flowing through a salt marsh
Landing Creek about a mile upstream from its mouth

For much of its length, Landing Creek has a typical Pine Barrens character to it as it runs through upland forests of Oak and Pitch Pine with periodic passes through cedar and maple swamps. Downstream from Clarks Landing Road, the stream becomes tidal and infiltrated by brackish water. For these last few miles of its stretch, Landing Creek widens and passes through an extensive marshland which is characteristic of the Mullica River estuary. As late as 1921, Gloucester Lake was located on Landing Creek.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "39°34'55.5"N 74°32'38.8"W" (Map). Google Maps. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "39°32'18.7"N 74°41'04.1"W" (Map). Google Maps. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  4. ^ Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9
  5. ^ Annual report, New Jersey, State Dept. of Health, Board of Health, 1921, archived October 14, 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

39°34′40″N 74°34′58″W / 39.57787°N 74.582705°W / 39.57787; -74.582705