Landing Creek | |
Image Alt: | View of Landing Creek in the forest |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Atlantic County |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Landing Creek's mouth in Atlantic County, New Jersey |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Pushpin map showing Landing Creek's mouth on the Mullica River on the northeast border of Egg Harbor City |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New Jersey |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Atlantic County |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipalities |
Subdivision Name4: | Mullica Township, Galloway Township, Egg Harbor City |
Length: | 11.2miles |
Source1 Location: | Mullica Township |
Source1 Coordinates: | [1] |
Mouth: | Mullica River |
Mouth Location: | Egg Harbor City |
Mouth Coordinates: | [2] |
Tributaries Left: | Indian Cabin Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Union Creek, Elliots Creek, Rubins Run |
Landing Creek is an 11.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[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.
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]