Mountain Creek (Yellow Breeches Creek Tributary)
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Mountain Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed August 8, 2011
tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
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Yellow Breeches Creek Yellow Breeches Creek, also known as Callapatscink Creek, Callapatschink Creek (Lenape for "where it returns") or Shawnee Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed Augu ...
in
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259,469. Its county seat is Carlisle. Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Histo ...
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Course

Mountain Creek starts in the South Mountain Range and
Michaux State Forest Michaux State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #1. The main offices are located in Fayetteville in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. The Michaux State Forest is in several tracts covering mo ...
and flows through them and
Pine Grove Furnace State Park Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a protected Pennsylvania area that includes Laurel and Fuller Lakes in Cooke Township of Cumberland County. The Park accommodates various outdoor recreation activities, protects the remains of the Pine Grove I ...
. After leaving the state park, the stream runs through Toland and the Holly Gap Marsh Preserve. It flows through the borough of Mount Holly Springs and joins with
Yellow Breeches Creek Yellow Breeches Creek, also known as Callapatscink Creek, Callapatschink Creek (Lenape for "where it returns") or Shawnee Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed Augu ...
near the borough. Upper Mountain Creek is impounded by two dams to create mountain reservoirs, Laurel Lake and
Fuller Lake Fuller Lake is the body of water with of surface area in the former Pine Grove Quarry in Cooke Township, Cumberland County, south-central Pennsylvania. It is within Pine Grove Furnace State Park and the Michaux State Forest, near the community o ...
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Tributaries

* Hunters Run * Tagg Run * Sage Run * Iron Run * Toms Run


Recreation

Mountain Creek is a popular stocked trout stream, stocked with Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout. In the headwaters and tributaries, there is a fair population of wild Brook Trout.flyfisherman.com


See also

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List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ...
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References

{{authority control Rivers of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania) Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of Pennsylvania