Stony Creek (also known as Stoney Creek or Rausch Creek [1]) is a 23.0-mile-long (37.0 km) [2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [3]
Stony Creek joins the Susquehanna River at the borough of Dauphin.
Stony Creek is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River from its headwaters to the gate of Pennsylvania State Game Lands 211. Included in this designation are three smaller tributary streams: Rattling Run, Rausch Creek and Yellow Springs. [4]
Stony Creek was so named from its stony river bed. [5]
40°21′50″N 76°55′49″W / 40.3638°N 76.9304°W / 40.3638; -76.9304
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