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Hammer Creek
Erb's Covered Bridge Side View 3000px.jpg
Erb's Covered Bridge over Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Country Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Cornwall, Pennsylvania
308 feet (94 m)
River mouth Cocalico Creek at Rothsville, Pennsylvania
Length 19.2 miles (30.9 km)
Basin features
Basin size 40 square miles (100 km2)

Hammer Creek is a 19.2-mile-long (30.9 km) tributary of Cocalico Creek in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Hammer Creek is dammed to form Speedwell Forge Lake below joining the Cocalico Creek downstream by the confluence of Middle Creek near the village of Rothsville.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hammer Creek has also been known historically as Hammar Creek.

Bridges

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