Big Bushkill Creek facts for kids
Big Bushkill Creek (Bush Kill on federal maps) is a 30.1-mile-long (48.4 km) tributary of the Delaware River in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.
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.
Tributaries
(There are at least five unnamed tributaries to the Bush Kill)
- 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
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