Wandering Wednesday Hike
Did you know that 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 Assicunk Creek and into the Delaware at Burlington City.
Join Rancocas Conservancy co-founder and Vice-President Mark Thomas on a walk that traces the route of water from the Mount to the creek. You will gain a sense of the elevation of Mount Holly and how to “read” the landscape within a historic neighborhood. 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.
Wear comfortable shoes, bring hydration, and a hiking stick. Insect repellants are recommended.
PARK ON HIGH STREET by PROSPECT STREET (BETWEEN EVERGREEN AND HILLSIDE)
