Manantico Creek

Manantico Creek: Manantico Creek, spelled Menantico on federal maps,^[1] is an 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km)^[2] tributary of the Maurice River in southern New Jersey in the United States.

Menantico Creek begins in Cumberland County at the confluence of Cedar and Panther Branches, .75 miles (1.2 km) north of Hances Bridge. It flows south/southwest down the eastern forested side of Vineland, through Menantico Lake, then, several miles downstream, meanders through Menantico Ponds. It joins the tidal Maurice River a few miles downstream of Millville approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) below Route 47.

See also

List of rivers of New Jersey

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Menantico Creek

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

Gertler, Edward. Garden State , Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9

Coordinates: 39°24′52″N 74°58′40″W / 39.414371°N 74.977674°W / 39.414371; -74.977674

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