Stony Creek (also known as Stoney Creek or Rausch Creek) is a
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of the
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...
in
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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, in the
United States
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.
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.
Stony Creek was so named from its stony river bed.
Tributaries
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Rattling Run (Stony Creek) Rattling Run may refer to:
* Rattling Run (Catawissa Creek)
* Rattling Run (Little Mahanoy Creek)
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Rausch Creek (Stony Creek) Rausch Creek may refer to:
* Rausch Creek, Pennsylvania, a populated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* Rausch Creek (Pine Creek), in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* Stony Creek (Susquehanna River), also referred to as ''Rausch Creek'', i ...
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Yellow Springs (Pennsylvania) Yellow Springs or Yellow Spring could refer to:
Places
* Yellow Springs, Ohio
* Yellow Springs, Blair County, Pennsylvania
* Yellow Springs, Chester County, Pennsylvania
* Yellow Spring, West Virginia
In mythology
* Diyu, the Chinese underworld
* ...
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
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Stoney Creek (Delaware River tributary)
Stoney Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southeast Delaware County in Pennsylvania, United States. The stream rises in Chester Township, and flows through City of Chester and Trainer, at times creating their border. It discharges ...
References
External links
Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers website
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Susquehanna River
Rivers of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Scenic Rivers of Pennsylvania
Protected areas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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