Middlebush Brook is a

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of Six Mile Run in Somerset County,

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in the

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. As its name suggests, Middlebush Brook begins in the town of Middlebush. Its source is at , just south of Hamilton Street in north-western Franklin Park.

Tributaries

This stream has several unnamed tributaries. One closely parallels South Middlebush Road before splitting into two more tributaries. One of them ends in a development near Amwell Road (the same road as Hamilton Street), while the other is a drain for a residential development.

Course

Middlebush Brook starts at in a commercial development. It exits the commerce area and flows through a marsh, then crossing Bennetts Lane. It runs behind a cow farm then crosses South Middlebush Road right above Blackwells Mills Road. It crosses Blackwells Mills Road a little later on, then drains into Six Mile Run at . It has several branches, including one that runs for a distance along South Middlebush Road and one that flows to a residential development near CR-514 (Amwell Road).

Accessibility

This stream flows through wooded areas downstream, where it is not accessible easily. It is accessible upstream though, where it flows through a residential development. It may be accessed, though with difficulty, at the Blackwells Mills Road crossing.

Terrain

This stream has a streambed composed of small boulders, making it difficult to walk on. Some locations have pebbles. It is not muddy and therefore is not suitable for frogs.

Sister tributaries

Cross Brook Cross Brook is a tributary of Six Mile Run in Somerset and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey in the United States. Course The source of Cross Brook is near Suydam Road in eastern Franklin Park, at . It flows through the Six Mile Run Reservoir Si ...

Steep Hill Brook Steep Hill Brook is a tributary of Six Mile Run in central and north central Franklin Park, Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States. Course Steep Hill Brook's source is at , in a pond near the intersection of Amwell Road and Van Cle ...

Nine Mile Run Nine Mile Run, known as Ninemile Run according to the USGS GNIS, is a moderately large tributary of the Six Mile Run, one of the branches of the Millstone River, in central New Jersey in the United States. Course The official source of the Nine ...

Gallery

File:MB at Blackwells Mills Road.JPG, Middlebush Brook at Blackwells Mills Road, just before its mouth File:MB at Blackwells Mills Road - 2.JPG, Middlebush Brook at Blackwells Mills Road, just before its mouth File:MB at South Middlebush Road.JPG, Middlebush Brook crossing South Middlebush Road File:MB Branch along South Middlebush Road.jpg, Branch of Middlebush Brook running alongside South Middlebush Road File:MB Branch at South Middlebush Road.JPG, Branch of Middlebush Brook crossing South Middlebush Road File:MB Branch at Dairy Farm.JPG, Branch of Middlebush Brook mentioned above running through a dairy farm File:MB at Bennets Lane.JPG, Middlebush Brook crossing Bennets Lane File:MB at Bennets Lane - 2.JPG, Middlebush Brook crossing Bennets Lane, lost in a marsh

References

External links

USGS Coordinates in Google Maps
{{authority control Tributaries of the Raritan River Rivers of New Jersey Rivers of Somerset County, New Jersey