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Halter Creek is a tributary of the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River in Bedford and Blair counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Frankstown Branch Juniata River river in the United States of America

The Frankstown Branch Juniata River is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km) tributary of the Juniata River in Blair and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Bedford County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford.

It originates at Bakers Summit in Bedford County east of Dunning Mountain. It flows northward through Roaring Spring, and then through McKee Gap between Dunning Mountain and Short Mountain. It flows into the Frankstown Branch south of Newry. [1]

Bakers Summit, Pennsylvania Town in Pennsylvania, United States

Bakers Summit in Morrisons Cove is located in Bloomfield Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1870 and formerly known as Bakersville, it changed its name to Bakers Summit in 1876, when the Bakers Summit Post Office was established.

Dunning Mountain mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dunning Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States. The mountain's north end is at McKee Gap, which separates it from Short Mountain, and where Halter Creek flows westward towards the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. The south end of the mountain is contiguous with Evitts Mountain, but is marked by a sharp bend to the east. The valley formed by the bend is known as "The Kettle," and the broad valley to the east of Dunning Mountain is called Morrisons Cove. The town of Roaring Spring is located at the north end of the mountain on the east side.

Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

Roaring Spring is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,585 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Raystown Branch Juniata River river in the United States of America

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Morrisons Cove, is an eroded anticlinal valley in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania, United States, extending from Evitts Mountain near New Enterprise, north to the Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Williamsburg. The width of the valley varies from 10 to 15 miles between Tussey Mountain on the east to the chain of Dunning, Loop and Lock Mountains on the west. Almost entirely enclosed by these mountains, the only openings in the cove are at Loysburg Gap in the south, McKee Gap in the west, and at Williamsburg to the north. The floor of the valley is mostly level, with many large fertile farm fields. The southern end of the valley drains to the Raystown Branch Juniata River via Yellow Creek through Loysburg Gap, and the northern end drains to the Frankstown Branch, via Clover Creek.

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Evitts Mountain mountain in United States of America

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Loysburg Gap, Pennsylvania

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Tussey Mountain mountain in United States of America

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The Narrows (Pennsylvania)

The Narrows is a water gap where the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River passes through Evitts Mountain in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Both U.S. Route 30 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike pass through the gap. It is located in the townships of Snake Spring and Bedford.

Loysburg Gap

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Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147

The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Blair County in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, trapping, bird watching, and other activities.

References

  1. Roaring Spring, PA, 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Map, 1963. USGS. Scale 1:24,000.

Coordinates: 40°22′38″N78°25′19″W / 40.37725°N 78.42208°W / 40.37725; -78.42208

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