MOUNT HOLLY TO THE RANCOCAS: Edge of the watershed
WHEN: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 6:30 pm
WHERE: HIGH STREET MOUNT HOLLY: PARK ON NORTHBOUND SIDE BETWEEN HILLSIDE Avenue AND
EVERGREEN (APPROXIMATELY 401-421 HIGH STREET)
Distance: approximately 0.6 miles.
NOTICE: short distance of steep slope near Mt Holly Summit
At 183 feet, Mount Holly is the second highest point in Burlington County. The northern edge of the
Rancocas Creek watershed runs through the top of it. Water falling on the south side of the Mount
collects and drains into the North Branch of the Rancocas in downtown Mount Holly; to the north, water
drains to the north to the Assiscunk Creek and into the Delaware at Burlington City.
Come gain a sense of the elevation of Mount Holly. Follow the flow of water from the mount to the
south, where it gathers in the Bartram Woods neighborhood into wetlands, and across Rancocas Road
into the Rancocas’s North Branch, just upstream from the Water Treatment Plant.
Join co-founder and Vice-President Mark Thomas on a walk that traces the route of water from the
mount to the creek. Learn how to read this landscape for clues to the connection between Mount Holly
and the Rancocas
Wear comfortable shoes, bring hydration, and a hiking stick. Insect repellant is recommended.
