East Sandy Creek is a
tributary of the
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River ( ) is a long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into ...
in
Northwestern Pennsylvania in the
United States.
[Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. ]
East Sandy Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 5 miles (8 km) downstream of
Franklin
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* Franklin (surname)
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.
The East Sandy Creek Rapids are rated for paddlers with a usual difficulty of I-II (for normal flows).
Political subdivisions
The political subdivisions traverses, given in the order they are encountered traveling downstream, are as follows:
*
Washington Township
*
Elk Township
*
Pinegrove Township
*
Ashland Township
*
Cranberry Township
*
Rockland Township
Tributaries
The named tributaries of East Sandy Creek, given in the order they are encountered traveling downstream, are as follows:
*Richland Run
*Prairie Run
*Cogley Run
*Little East Sandy Creek
*Tarkiln Run
*Pine Run
*Shaw Run
*Shannon Run
*Pryor Run
*Halls Run
*Browns Run
*Porcupine Run
*Burford Run
See also
*
Tributaries of the Allegheny River#East Sandy Creek
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
External links
Sandy Creek Trail
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Allegheny River
Rivers of Venango County, Pennsylvania