Back Creek (Conococheague Creek tributary)

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Back Creek is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km) [1] tributary of Conococheague Creek in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. [2]

The uppermost reaches of the creek, flowing through the Letterkenny Army Depot, are known as Rocky Spring Run [2] or Rocky Spring Branch.

Back Creek joins Conococheague Creek approximately 0.33 miles (0.5 km) below Williamson. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed August 15, 2011
  2. 1 2 3 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN   0-9749692-0-6

Coordinates: 39°50′55″N77°48′02″W / 39.8486°N 77.8005°W / 39.8486; -77.8005