Upper Dry Run
Upper Dry Run is a stream in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Upper Dry Run is situated nearby to the hamlet Smiths Ferry, as well as near the village Glasgow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey and Little Blue Run.
Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey
Monument
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is the point from which the United States in 1786 began the formal survey of the lands known then as the Northwest Territory, now making up all of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
Little Blue Run
Reservoir
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. Ohio-based FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water. Little Blue Run is situated 2½ miles south of Upper Dry Run.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lawrenceville and East Liverpool.
Lawrenceville
Village
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. Lawrenceville is situated 3 miles southwest of Upper Dry Run.
East Liverpool
East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River at the convergence of the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia borders, about 30 miles from both Pittsburgh and Youngstown.
East Fifth Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: 636Buster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Fifth Street Historic District, located in East Liverpool, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway. East Fifth Street Historic District is situated 4½ miles southwest of Upper Dry Run.
Upper Dry Run
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6459° or 40° 38′ 45″ northLongitude
-80.50201° or 80° 30′ 7″ westElevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
86GXJFWX+95GeoNames ID
5216817
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Smiths Ferry and Glasgow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Beaver Creek and Georgetown Cemetery.
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