Shingle Cabin Brook (also known as Shingle Cabin Branch) is a tributary of Kitchen Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Fairmount Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of . It is in Ricketts Glen State Park. The stream has one waterfall, which is known as Shingle Cabin Falls. The surficial geology in the area features Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Bouldery Till, and bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale.

Course

Ricketts Glen State Park Murray Reynolds and Shingle Cabin Falls

Shingle Cabin Brook begins in a valley in Fairmount Township. It flows southwest for several hundred feet before turning west-northwest and then southwest. Its valley abruptly becomes much deeper. The stream turns west-southwest for a few tenths of a mile before turning west-northwest for a similar distance. It then turns southwest and reaches its confluence with Kitchen Creek. Shingle Cabin Brook joins Kitchen Creek upstream of its mouth.

Geography and geology

The elevation near the

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of Shingle Cabin Brook is above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is just under above sea level. Shingle Cabin Brook is a small stream. It is not perennial, but instead only flows seasonally after substantial rains. The surficial geology in the vicinity of Shingle Cabin Brook mainly consists of a glacial or resedimented till known as Wisconsinan Till. However,

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consisting of sandstone and

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is also present on the sides of its valley. Wisconsinan Bouldery Till is also present at the stream's headwaters.

Watershed

The

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of Shingle Cabin Brook has an area of . The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Red Rock. A waterfall known as Shingle Cabin Falls is on Shingle Cabin Brook at the stream's confluence with Kitchen Creek. The falls are a

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with a height of . The stream is not far from Waters Meet on Kitchen Creek.

History

Shingle Cabin Brook was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1187530.

Recreation

Shingle Cabin Brook is entirely within Ricketts Glen State Park. The stream is also in the vicinity of The Glens Natural Area within Ricketts Glen State Park.

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is forbidden in the vicinity of the stream, except at its headwaters. A hiking trail passes near Shingle Cabin Brook, but on the other side of Kitchen Creek. The stream can be partially seen from this trail. Additionally, the Old Bulldozer Road Trail passes by the headwaters of Shingle Cabin Brook.

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