Swatara Creek
Swatara Creek is a 72-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains in central Schuylkill County and passes through northwest Lebanon County before draining into the Susquehanna at Middletown in Dauphin County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Great Swatara River” and “Swahatara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harrisburg International Airport and Middletown station.
Harrisburg International Airport
Aerodrome
Harrisburg International Airport is a public airport in Lower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, United States, nine miles southeast of Harrisburg. It is owned by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority. Harrisburg International Airport is situated 1½ miles west of Swatara Creek.
Middletown station
Railway station
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Middletown station is an Amtrak train station on the Keystone Corridor in Middletown, Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The station is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service between New York City and Harrisburg.
Saint Peters Church
Church
St. Peter's Kierch, also called the Old Kierch or St. Peter's Church, is a historic Lutheran church in Middletown, Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royalton and Goldsboro.
Royalton
Village
Royalton is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census the borough population was 1,134. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. It shares its ZIP code with neighboring Middletown.
Goldsboro
Village
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Goldsboro is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 930 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. Goldsboro is situated 2½ miles southwest of Swatara Creek.
Highspire
Town
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Highspire is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,741 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,399 tabulated in 2010. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Highspire is situated 3½ miles northwest of Swatara Creek.
Swatara Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Swatara Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Swatara Creek”
- Cebuano: “Swatara Creek”
- Chinese: “斯瓦塔拉溪”
- German: “Swatara Creek”
- German: “Swatara River”
- Spanish: “arroyo Swatara”
- Spanish: “Arroyo Swatara”
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