Elk Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed August 8, 2011

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of Pine Creek in Centre County,

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in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Via Penns Creek, it is part of the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeastern United States, Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvani ...

watershed. Elk Creek flows through Centre County, rising in a valley between Hough Mountain and Brush Mountain, east of

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, and flowing west-southwest through Brush Valley, passing the villages of Smullton and Rebersburg, before turning south at Spring Bang to cut through Brush Mountain and Shriner Mountain. Entering Penns Valley, Elk Creek passes through the borough of

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and continues south-southeast to its mouth at Pine Creek, just upstream from that creek's end at Penns Creek in Coburn.

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{{Coord, 40, 52, 05, N, 77, 27, 20, W, region:US-PA_source:GNIS_type:river, display=title Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of Centre County, Pennsylvania

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