Ten Mile Run (New Jersey)
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| name = Ten Mile Run
| image = TMR at Canal Road.JPG
| image_alt = Ten Mile Run at Route 27
| image_caption = Ten Mile Run crossing Canal Road, near its mouth at the Millstone River
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| map_alt = Ten Mile Run
| map_caption = Map of local area showing Ten Mile Run (highlighted)
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| subdivision_name1 = United States
| progression = Millstone River, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean
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Ten Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River, draining an area in southern South Brunswick and southern Franklin Park, New Jersey in the United States.
Its name is derived from the distance early surveyors estimated it was from the Raritan River on the historic Kings Highway, now Route 27.
Course
Ten Mile Run starts at {{coord|40|24|39|N|74|35|27|W}},{{cite web|title=USGS GNIS - Tenmile Run|url=http://gnis.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=139:3:640944897658818::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:881131%2CTenmile%20Run|publisher=USGS|accessdate=10 June 2010}} near the intersection of the Georgetown-Franklin Turnpike and Route 27. It crosses Route 27 and Gateway Boulevard. It then runs through the edge of a residential development and crosses New Road. It then joins several other tributaries that come from the development. It crosses Route 27 again, where it is marked with a sign. It follows a course roughly parallel to Bunker Hill Road and flows through Bunker Hill Golf Course. It crosses Butler Road and receives more tributaries. It flows through the T&C Preservation Land adjacent to the Delaware and Raritan Canal and drains into the Millstone River at {{coord|40|27|28|N|74|35|29|W}}.
Accessibility
Ten Mile Run is accessible by both road and trail in many places, such as the Bunker Hill Golf Course, the Bunker Hill Natural Area, the Ten Mile Run Greenway, and several others.
Animal life
Ten Mile Run is home to a multitude of small fishes with sizes ranging from 1 to 6 inches. It also is home to several frogs in the slow-moving places. Several crayfish may be found through baiting or diligent searching.
Terrain
Ten Mile Run is generally rocky. Its tributaries in the residential development are completely rocky and come from springs routed underground through storm drainage systems. Near Butler Road, the stream has natural floors, smooth rocks covering the streambed. They tend to be slippery from underwater plants. Some shale cliffs are present near the stream, similar to but smaller than the ones lining the Nine Mile Run. Farther downstream, sandy streambeds predominate.
Sister tributaries
- Beden Brook
- Bear Brook
- Cranbury Brook
- Devils Brook
- Harrys Brook
- Heathcote Brook
- Indian Run Brook
- Little Bear Brook
- Millstone Brook
- Peace Brook
- Rocky Brook
- Royce Brook
- Simonson Brook
- Six Mile Run
- Stony Brook
- Van Horn Brook
Gallery
File:TMR at Allston Rd.JPG|Ten Mile Run near its source, crossing Allston Road
File:TMR at New Road.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing New Road
File:TMR at New Road - 2.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing New Road
File:TMR Branch at New Road.JPG|A branch of the Ten Mile Run crossing New Road at Kingsley Park
File:TMR Branch at New Road - 2.JPG|A branch of the Ten Mile Run crossing New Road near Kingsley Park
File:TMR at Route 27.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Route 27; viewed from a nearby pedestrian bridge
File:TMR at Route 27 - 2.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Route 27, ten miles from the Raritan River crossing on Route 27
File:TMR at Butler Road.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Butler Road, in the Butler Road Natural Area
File:TMR at Butler Road - 2.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Butler Road
File:TMR at Canal Road.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Canal Road, just before its mouth
File:TMR at Canal Road - 2.JPG|Ten Mile Run crossing Canal Road
File:Frog at TMR x Butler Road.JPG|Frog perched on a ledge near the Ten Mile Run
See also
References
External links
- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=40.4578827&p_longi=-74.5912677&fid=881131 USGS Coordinates in Google Maps]
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