- Source: Spring Creek (Bald Eagle Creek tributary)
Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek is a 25.2-mile-long (40.6 km) tributary of Bald Eagle creek" target="_blank">Creek in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Formed by springs near the base of Tussey Mountain, Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek flows through Nittany Valley past State College. It then flows through Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek Canyon and through the town of Bellefonte, before eventually passing through a water gap in Bald Eagle Mountain. The stream joins Bald Eagle creek" target="_blank">Creek in the town of Milesburg.
Recreation
Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek is a popular outdoor recreation destination, mainly for kayaking, hiking, and fly fishing. Through Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek Canyon, the stream is largely paralleled by the Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek Canyon Trail, offering public access to recreationalists.
= Fly Fishing
=Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek is renowned as a popular fly fishing destination in the Northeast. The stream is well-known for Fisherman's Paradise, a 1.12 mile section owned and managed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. The majority of Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek is managed under Catch and Release, All-Tackle fishing regulations, however Fisherman's Paradise is specially managed under Catch and Release, Fly Fishing Only regulations.
Benner Spring State Fish Hatchery, a 40 acre trout hatchery operated by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, is situated on Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek. The stream, as well as nearby Benner Spring, provide water to the facility.
= Kayaking
=Spring creek" target="_blank">Creek is the site of a kayak and canoe slalom training center, located in Bellefonte. Additionally, a class I whitewater run of roughly 2 miles exists from Bellefonte to the stream's mouth in Milesburg.
Tributaries
Cedar Run
Slab Cabin Run
Logan Branch
Buffalo Run
See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Spring Creek (Bald Eagle Creek tributary)
- Spring Creek
- Wallace Run (Bald Eagle Creek tributary)
- Bald Eagle Valley
- Bald Eagle State Park
- Tulpehocken Creek (Pennsylvania)
- Bald Eagle Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River tributary)
- White Deer Hole Creek
- French Creek (Allegheny River tributary)
- Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary)