Stony Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)

Stony Creek (also known as Stoney Creek or Rausch Creek^[1]) is a 23.0-mile-long (37.0 km)^[2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.^[3]

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.^[4]

Stony Creek was so named from its stony river bed.^[5]

Tributaries

• Rattling Run (Stony Creek)
• Rausch Creek (Stony Creek)
• Yellow Springs (Pennsylvania)

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• Stoney Creek (Delaware River tributary)