New York–New Jersey Highlands New York–New Jersey Highlands The New York – New Jersey Highlands is a geological formation composed primarily of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock running from the Delaware River near Musconetcong Mountain, northeast through the Skylands Region of New Jersey along the Bearfort Ridge and the Ramapo Mountains, Sterling Forest, Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks in New York, to the Hudson River at Storm King Mountain. The northern region is also known as the Hudson Highlands and the southern as the New Jersey Highlands. A broader definition would extend the region west to Reading, Pennsylvania, and east to the Housatonic
Wading River (New Jersey) Wading flows southeast and joins the Mullica River from the north near its mouth, approximately north of Atlantic City. The lower of the river forms a navigable estuary, an arm of the estuary of the Mullica, just west of the Garden State Parkway. Like the Mullica, the river is noted for its extensive wetlands, including large runs of striped bass. Wading River (New Jersey) The Wading River is a tributary of the Mullica River, approximately long, in southern New Jersey in the United States. The river drains a rural forested area of the Pinelands, one of the most pristine areas