Mount Rose (New Jersey)
Encyclopedia
Mount Rose is a narrow section of the Rocky Hill Ridge
in Hopewell Township
, New Jersey
which is 420 feet above sea level. The ridge's western end is at The Sourlands
at Hopewell-Pennington Road and its eastern end is near Province Line Road. The ridge is a diabase intrusion and unlike many of the ridges in the state, it runs from northwest to southeast. Crusher Road travels along the ridge. Pennington-Rocky Hill Road, Cherry Valley Road, Hopewell-Princeton Road and Carter Road meet at a low point along the ridge at the village of Mount Rose
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Rocky Hill Ridge
Rocky Hill Ridge, also known as the Mount Lucas-Rocky Hill Ridge, named after Lucas Voorhees, an 18th century landowner, is a diabase trap rock ridge running west to east in the U.S. State of New Jersey. Diabase intrusions form Baldpate Mountain and Pennington Mountain, the Mount Rose extension of...
in Hopewell Township
Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 17,304. The racial makeup of the township was 86.7% White, 2.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 8.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
which is 420 feet above sea level. The ridge's western end is at The Sourlands
The Sourlands
The Sourlands is a region in the U.S. state of New Jersey that includes portions of Hunterdon County, Mercer County and Somerset County. It is centered around Sourland Mountain and comprises parts of Lambertville, East Amwell, West Amwell, Hillsborough, Hopewell Boro, Hopewell Township, Montgomery...
at Hopewell-Pennington Road and its eastern end is near Province Line Road. The ridge is a diabase intrusion and unlike many of the ridges in the state, it runs from northwest to southeast. Crusher Road travels along the ridge. Pennington-Rocky Hill Road, Cherry Valley Road, Hopewell-Princeton Road and Carter Road meet at a low point along the ridge at the village of Mount Rose
Mount Rose, Hopewell, New Jersey
Mount Rose or Mt. Rose is a village in Hopewell Township, New Jersey at the corner of Hopewell-Princeton Road and Pennington-Rocky Hill Road, named for a local gardener. The Mount Rose section of Rocky Hill Ridge through the village also takes it name from the gardener...
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Hiking trails
- The Elks Trail- 1 mile trail of Crusher Road
- The Mount Rose Trails- This preserve has five trial options: The Ridge Trail, Forest Loop, East Loop, West Loop and Cattail Trail