The North Branch Rancocas Creek is a 28.3-mile-long (45.5 km) tributary of Rancocas Creek in southwestern New Jersey in the United States.
The creek starts in the Pine Barrens of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest and Fort Dix Military Reservation, near Browns Mills.
From its confluence with Rancocas Creek, tidewater extends upstream to the upper end of Mount Holly.
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