# Pequest River

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River in United States of America

Pequest River Headwaters of the Pequest near Springdale, in Andover Township, New Jersey Location Country United States of America Physical characteristics Source • location Stickles Pond, Newton, New Jersey • coordinates 41°01′50″N 74°45′12″W / 41.03056°N 74.75333°W / 41.03056; -74.75333 • elevation 668 feet (204 m)[2] Mouth • location Delaware River at Belvidere, New Jersey • coordinates 40°49′44″N 75°04′59″W / 40.82889°N 75.08306°W / 40.82889; -75.08306 Length 35.7 mi (57.5 km)[1] Basin size 162.62 mi2 (421.2 km2)[4] Discharge • average ? at Blairstown, New Jersey[3]

The **Pequest River** is a 35.7-mile-long (57.5 km)[1] [tributary](/source/Tributary) of the [Delaware River](/source/Delaware_River) in the [Skylands Region](/source/Skylands_Region) in northwestern [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) in the [United States](/source/United_States).[5]

The Pequest, [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) for "open land,"[5] drains an area of 162.62 square miles (421.2 km2) across [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County%2C_New_Jersey) and [Warren](/source/Warren_County%2C_New_Jersey) counties, consisting of ten municipalities.

## Course

The Pequest starts at Stickles Pond, [Newton](/source/Newton%2C_New_Jersey) in [Sussex County](/source/Sussex_County%2C_New_Jersey) and flows southward through [Springdale](/source/Springdale%2C_Sussex_County%2C_New_Jersey) and [Huntsville](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huntsville,_New_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1), about 3.5 miles (5.6 km), where it starts to turn southwest. It passes through a tunnel under the [Pequest Fill](/source/Pequest_Fill), built in 1911 by the [Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad](/source/Delaware%2C_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad) as part of the mammoth [Lackawanna Cut-Off](/source/Lackawanna_Cut-Off) project.

Flowing through [Tranquility](/source/Tranquility%2C_New_Jersey), it runs along the northwestern side of the [Allamuchy Mountain](/source/Allamuchy_Mountain) ridge near [Allamuchy](/source/Allamuchy_Township%2C_New_Jersey), where it meets [Trout Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trout_Brook_(New_Jersey)&action=edit&redlink=1).

It now joins [Bear Creek](/source/Bear_Creek_(New_Jersey)) in Bear Swamp and passes through the reclaimed swampy area known as the [Great Meadows](/source/Great_Meadows%2C_New_Jersey), lying between the ridges of [Jenny Jump Mountain](/source/Jenny_Jump_Mountain) and [Cat Swamp Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cat_Swamp_Mountain&action=edit&redlink=1). [Shades Of Death Road](/source/Shades_Of_Death_Road) runs along the foot of Jenny Jump Mountain on the north side of the valley here. Some of the land here was drained for cultivation by excavation and clearing of the Pequest and its tributaries. It exits the Great Meadows in a long loop through the gap between Cat Swamp Mountain and [Danville Mountain](/source/Danville_Mountain) and resumes its course along the southeastern side of [Mount Mohepinoke](/source/Mount_Mohepinoke), entering the [Pequest Wildlife Management Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pequest_Wildlife_Management_Area&action=edit&redlink=1). [Furnace Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Furnace_Brook&action=edit&redlink=1) empties into it as it descends into a small gorge cut between Mt. Mohepinoke and an outlying spur of the [Scotts Mountain](/source/Scotts_Mountain) massif. It turns west, and [Mountain Lake Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Lake_Brook&action=edit&redlink=1) enters the stream just above [Buttzville](/source/Buttzville%2C_New_Jersey), where it exists the Pequest WMA. It passes west through [Bridgeville](/source/Bridgeville%2C_New_Jersey), turns slightly towards the north, and meets [Beaver Brook](/source/Beaver_Brook_(New_Jersey)) as it turns southwest again. It tumbles down to [Belvidere](/source/Belvidere%2C_New_Jersey) in a series of falls, where it meets the Delaware River.

## Tributaries

- [Beaver Brook](/source/Beaver_Brook_(New_Jersey))

- [Mountain Lake Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Lake_Brook&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Furnace Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Furnace_Brook&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Bear Creek](/source/Bear_Creek_(New_Jersey))

- [Trout Brook](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trout_Brook_(Pequest_River)&action=edit&redlink=1)

## See also

- [List of rivers of New Jersey](/source/List_of_rivers_of_New_Jersey)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NHD_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NHD_1-1) U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [The National Map](https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://u.s./) 2012-03-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), accessed April 1, 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/stations/01443500.html](https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/stations/01443500.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250425231248/https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/stations/01443500.html) 2025-04-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) accessed 24 August 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250917142210/https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow) 2025-09-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) accessed 24 August 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/Flood_Website/floodclaims_reference.htm](http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/Flood_Website/floodclaims_reference.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060829055636/http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/Flood_Website/floodclaims_reference.htm) 2006-08-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) accessed 24 August 2006.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gertler_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gertler_5-1) Gertler, Edward. *Garden State Canoeing*, Seneca Press, 2002. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9605908-8-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9605908-8-9)

## Background resources

### Books, monographs, and other references

- Armstrong, William C. *Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey* (Lambertville, New Jersey: Hunterdon House, 1979).

- Cawley, James S. and Cawley, Margaret. *Exploring the Little Rivers of New Jersey* (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1942, 1961, 1971, 1993). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8135-0684-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8135-0684-0)

- Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. *The early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies* (Dover, New Jersey, Dover Printing Company, 1895), passim.

- Cummings, Warren D. *Sussex County: A History* (Newton, New Jersey: Newton Rotary Club, 1964). NO ISBN

- *Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey [Title Varies]. Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1st–2nd series.* 47 volumes. (Newark, New Jersey: 1880–1949). NO ISBN

- Honeyman, A. Van Doren (ed.). *Northwestern New Jersey—A History of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex Counties* Volume 1. (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1927). NO ISBN

- Schrabisch, Max. *Indian habitations in Sussex County, New Jersey* Geological Survey of New Jersey, Bulletin No. 13. (Union Hill, New Jersey: Dispatch Printing Company, 1915). NO ISBN

- Schrabisch, Max. *Archaeology of Warren and Hunterdon counties* Geological Survey of New Jersey, Bulletin No. 18. (Trenton, N.J., MacCrellish and Quigley co., state printers, 1917). NO ISBN

- Snell, James P. *History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers*. (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881). NO ISBN

- Stickney, Charles E. *Old Sussex County families of the Minisink Region* from articles in the *Wantage Recorder* (compiled by Virginia Alleman Brown) (Washington, N.J. : Genealogical Researchers, 1988)

## External links

- [Allamuchy Mountain State Park](http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/allamuch.html)

- [Pequest Trout Hatchery](http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pequest.htm)

- [U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, New Jersey, United States County seat: Newton Boroughs Andover Branchville Franklin Hamburg Hopatcong Ogdensburg Stanhope Sussex Map of New Jersey highlighting Sussex County Town Newton Townships Andover Byram Frankford Fredon Green Hampton Hardyston Lafayette Montague Sandyston Sparta Stillwater Vernon Walpack Wantage CDPs Byram Center Crandon Lakes Highland Lakes Lake Mohawk Layton Ross Corner Upper Greenwood Lake‡ Vernon Center Vernon Valley Other communities Abertown Augusta Beemerville Bevans Brighton Flatbrookville Glasser Glenwood Greendell Hainesville McAfee Middleville Millville Monroe Pinkneyville Quarryville Springdale Stockholm Swartswood Tranquility Wallpack Center Whitehall Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties New Jersey portal United States portal

v t e Municipalities and communities of Warren County, New Jersey, United States County seat: Belvidere Boroughs Alpha Washington Map of New Jersey highlighting Warren County Towns Belvidere Hackettstown Phillipsburg Townships Allamuchy Blairstown Franklin Frelinghuysen Greenwich Hardwick Harmony Hope Independence Knowlton Liberty Lopatcong Mansfield Oxford Pohatcong Washington White CDPs Allamuchy Anderson Asbury Beattystown Blairstown Brainards Brass Castle Bridgeville Broadway Brookfield Buttzville Columbia Delaware Delaware Park Finesville Great Meadows Greenwich Hainesburg Harmony Hope Hutchinson Johnsonburg Lopatcong Overlook Marksboro Mount Hermon Mountain Lake New Village Oxford Panther Valley Port Colden Port Murray Silver Lake Stewartsville Upper Pohatcong Upper Stewartsville Vienna Other unincorporated communities Bowerstown Carpentersville Changewater Foul Rift Hughesville Kennedy Mills Millbrook Montana Pahaquarry Paulina Pleasant Valley Port Warren Riegelsville Springtown Townsbury Warrington New Jersey portal United States portal

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