[5] The Pequest, Native American for "open land,"[5] drains an area of 162.62 square miles (421.2 km2) across Sussex and Warren counties, consisting of ten municipalities.

It now joins Bear Creek in Bear Swamp and passes through the reclaimed swampy area known as the Great Meadows, lying between the ridges of Jenny Jump Mountain and Cat Swamp Mountain.

Shades Of Death Road runs along the foot of Jenny Jump Mountain on the north side of the valley here.

It exits the Great Meadows in a long loop through the gap between Cat Swamp Mountain and Danville Mountain and resumes its course along the southeastern side of Mount Mohepinoke, entering the Pequest Wildlife Management Area.

It turns west, and Mountain Lake Brook enters the stream just above Buttzville, where it exists the Pequest WMA.