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Stony Creek (also known as Stoney Creek or Rausch Creek) is a 23.0-mile-long (37.0 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Stony Creek joins the Susquehanna River at the borough of Dauphin.

Stony Creek is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River from its headwaters to the gate of Pennsylvania State Game Lands 211. Included in this designation are three smaller tributary streams: Rattling Run, Rausch Creek and Yellow Springs.

Stony Creek was so named from its stony river bed.

Tributaries

  • Rattling Run (Stony Creek)
  • Rausch Creek (Stony Creek)
  • Yellow Springs (Pennsylvania)
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