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Mountain Creek is a 20.9-mile-long (33.6 km) tributary of Yellow Breeches Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Mountain Creek starts in the South Mountain Range and Michaux State Forest and flows through them and Pine Grove Furnace State Park. After leaving the state park, the stream runs through Toland and the Holly Gap Marsh Preserve. It flows through the borough of Mount Holly Springs and joins with Yellow Breeches Creek near the borough.

Upper Mountain Creek is impounded by a dam to create a mountain reservoir, Laurel Lake

Tributaries

• Hunters Run
• Tagg Run
• Sage Run
• Iron Run
• Toms Run

Recreation

Mountain Creek is a popular stocked trout stream, stocked with Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout. In the headwaters and tributaries, there is a fair population of wild Brook Trout.

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania)

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain Creek (Yellow Breeches Creek tributary)
3. google.com/maps
4. fishandboat.com
5. flyfisherman.com

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West Branch Susquehanna River	Susquehanna R. (mouth) Chillisquaque Cr. West Branch Chillisquaque Cr. Buffalo Cr. Muddy Run Drury Run White Deer Cr. White Deer Hole Cr. Black Hole Cr. Muncy Cr. Little Muncy Cr. Loyalsock Cr. Elk Cr. Little Loyalsock Cr. Lycoming Cr. Larrys Cr. Antes Cr. Pine Cr. Little Pine Cr. (Texas Cr.) (Blockhouse Cr.) Slate Run Babb Cr. Marsh Cr. West Branch Pine Cr. Bald Eagle Cr. Fishing Cr. (Little Fishing Cr.) Beech Cr. Marsh Cr. Spring Cr. Wallace Run Tangascootack Cr. Young Womans Cr. Kettle Cr. Cross Fork Lick Run Sinnemahoning Cr. First Fork Bennett Branch Driftwood Branch Birch Island Run Mosquito Cr. Moshannon Cr. Black Moshannon Cr. Trout Run Clearfield Cr. Little Clearfield Cr. Beaverdam Run Anderson Cr. Chest Cr.
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• Rivers of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
• South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania)
• Tributaries of the Susquehanna River
• Rivers of Pennsylvania