Mullica River

Mullica River
Mullica River is located in New Jersey
Mullica River
EtymologyNamed after Eric Pålsson Mullica
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCamden County
 • coordinates39°47′24″N 74°54′46″W / 39.7901°N 74.9129°W / 39.7901; -74.9129
MouthGreat Bay (New Jersey)
 • location
Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
 • coordinates
39°33′03″N 74°22′34″W / 39.5507°N 74.3761°W / 39.5507; -74.3761
Length50.6 miles (81.4 km)

The Mullica River is a 50.6-mile-long (81.4 km)[1] river in southern New Jersey in the United States. The Mullica was once known as the Little Egg Harbor River.

The river provides one of the principal drainages into the Atlantic Ocean of the extensive Pinelands. Its estuary on Great Bay is considered one of the least-disturbed marine wetlands habitats in the northeastern United States.

In 2022, the Mullica River Fire consumed an estimated 13,500 acres (55 km2) of the related Wharton State Forest.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011