Buck Mountain Creek
Buck Mountain Creek is a stream in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Buck Mountain Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Rockport, as well as near the locality Penn Haven Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lehigh Gorge State Park.
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Nature reserve
Lehigh Gorge State Park is a 4,548 acres Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. The park encompasses a gorge, which stretches along the Lehigh River from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam in Luzerne County to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County. Lehigh Gorge State Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Buck Mountain Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eckley and Hickory Hills.
Eckley
Hamlet
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Eckley Miners' Village in eastern Pennsylvania is an anthracite coal mining patch town located in Foster Township, Pennsylvania. Since 1970, Eckley has been owned and operated as a museum by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Eckley is situated 6 miles west of Buck Mountain Creek.
Hickory Hills
Hamlet
Hickory Hills is a census-designated place in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of the borough of White Haven. The CDP population was 562 at the 2010 census. Hickory Hills is situated 6 miles northwest of Buck Mountain Creek.
Buck Mountain Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.96703° or 40° 58′ 1″ northLongitude
-75.75491° or 75° 45′ 18″ westElevation
879 feet (268 metres)Open location code
87G6X68W+R2GeoNames ID
5182120
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Highlights include Penn Haven Mountain and Indian Run Dam.
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