Hunt’s Crossing

Middletown
Completed in 1992, 84 acres

The Monmouth Conservation Foundation acquired the 84-acre Hunt’s Crossing tract on McClees Creek in Middletown to protect valuable wetland and floodplain areas, to prevent a 14-lot subdivision, and to preserve the character of the surrounding area.

The Foundation created a unique scheme to develop the property with a substantially lower number of estate lots, limiting development to a total of four houses, placing conservation easements on the sensitive areas, then selling the property to a private purchaser. The property is currently under a forestry management program.