Stony Creek (Susquehanna River)
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Stony Creek (also known as Stoney Creek or Rausch Creek[1]) is a 23.0-mile-long (37.0 km)[2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[3]
Stony Creek joins the Susquehanna River at the borough of Dauphin.
Stony Creek is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River from its headwaters to the gate of Pennsylvania State Game Lands 211. Included in this designation are three smaller tributary streams: Rattling Run, Rausch Creek and Yellow Springs.[4]
Stony Creek was so named from its stony river bed.[5]
Tributaries
See also
References
- ↑ USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
- ↑ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ↑ Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers website, accessed December 5, 2014
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