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Pleasant Run
Other name(s) Campbell's Brook
Country United States
State New Jersey
Region Raritan Valley
City Readington, Branchburg
Physical characteristics
Main source Cushetunk Mountain
Readington, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
312 ft (95 m)
40°32′1.32″N 74°49′5.52″W / 40.5337000°N 74.8182000°W / 40.5337000; -74.8182000
River mouth South Branch Raritan River
Branchburg, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
75 ft (23 m)
40°31′4.8″N 74°43′44.76″W / 40.518000°N 74.7291000°W / 40.518000; -74.7291000
Length 7 mi (11 km)

Pleasant Run is a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Pleasant Run is approximately 7 miles (11 km) in length, running from its headwaters near Cushetunk Mountain, a plutonic intrusion of igneous rock surrounding Round Valley Reservoir, through Readington and Branchburg, to its convergence with the South Branch Raritan River near River Road in Branchburg.

Pleasant Run was originally called Campbell's Brook after John Campbell of Piscataway. Campbell in 1685, was granted a strip of land extending west from the South Branch and which surrounded Pleasant Run.

Tributaries

Pleasant Run has twenty-three small, unnamed tributaries in Branchburg and Readington.

Crossings

Readington
  • Springtown Road (4 crossings)
  • CR 523/Flemington-Whitehouse Road
  • Pleasant Run Road
  • US 202
  • Old York Road
Branchburg
  • Otto Road
  • Pleasant Run Road
  • South Branch Road
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