Big Bushkill Creek (Bush Kill on federal maps[1]) is a 30.1-mile-long (48.4 km)[2] tributary of the Delaware River in the Pocono Mountains region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.[3]
It originates from Pecks Pond 41°16′51″N 75°05′14″W / 41.2808°N 75.0872°W in Pike County. It flows south, entering Pickerel Lake and then into Beaver Run Pond. Most of the stream travels through Delaware State Forest before entering Monroe County. It is a prominent feature of Resica Falls Scout Reservation.
Bush Kill joins the Delaware River at the village of Bushkill.[3]
Tributaries edit
There are at least five unnamed tributaries to the Bush Kill; named tributaries include:
- Little Bush Kill
- Sand Hill Creek
- Saw Creek
- Spring Run
- Pennel Run
- Dancing Ridge Run
- Utt Run
- High Swamp Run
- Sixteen Mile Run
- Brights Creek
- Beaver Run
- Middle Branch Bush Kill
- Spruce Run
See also edit
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bush Kill
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6