Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek tributary)

Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek)
Map
Location
CountryUnited States of America
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°22′10″N 76°23′43″W / 40.36944°N 76.39528°W / 40.36944; -76.39528[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Quittapahilla Creek
 • coordinates
40°20′17″N 76°26′10″W / 40.33806°N 76.43611°W / 40.33806; -76.43611[1]
 • elevation
456 ft (139 m)[1]

Brandywine Creek[2] is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km)[3] tributary of Quittapahilla Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

It rises in northeastern Lebanon County and flows southwest through Lebanon, through the limestone hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains. It joins Quittapahilla Creek west of the center of Lebanon.

Stovers Dam 40°21′13″N 76°24′38″W / 40.35361°N 76.41056°W / 40.35361; -76.41056[4] and Recreation Area is the principal landmark along Brandywine Creek.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek tributary)
  2. ^ United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 02-05-03-05- Lower Susquehanna–Swatara Watershed
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stovers Dam
  • "Quittapahilla Watershed Organization". Quittapahilla Watershed Association.
  • "Quittapahilla Watershed Grant". Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2004-10-10.