Mill Pond Road is a short drive with great potential for the unexpected. The 1.5 mile dirt road is tucked away in the southeastern portion of Salem County and leads visitors through a variety of upland habitats.
Red-eyed Vireo and Carolina Wren are often heard in the deciduous oak-pine forest, and glimpses of the charismatic Scarlet Tanager may be offered to visitors with a sharp eye. Osprey nest on the high-tension towers in the right-of-way tracts near Jericho Road, and Indigo Bunting and Orchard Oriole are seen in the shrub habitat along the way. The cultivated farm fields along Mill Pond Road are good for viewing white-tail deer, Wild Turkey, and Eastern Bluebird.
Mill Pond Road also leads visitors to a picturesque wooden bridge over Maskell’s Mill Pond, where wildlife watchers often see waterfowl in the winter and basking turtles in the summer. Visitors can either park at the head of the road where it connects to Jericho Road and walk the length of Mill Pond Road, or they can drive slowly along, alert to sound and movement.