Manada Creek
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Manada Creek is a 17 miles (27.4 km) tributary of Swatara Creek
in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
in the United States
.
The name is derived in Spanish
, meaning "herd". The creek is born in Fort Indiantown Gap
, East Hanover Township
, flowing northwest through Blue Mountain
. As it flows through East Hanover Township, supporting popular ranges of fishing during spring seasons, it then meets Walnut Run. The watershed drains approximately 82 sq mi (213 km), including areas of farmland
and heavily forested areas.
Manada Creek joins the Swatara Creek
along the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Sand Beach
.
Swatara Creek
Swatara Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania in the United States. "Swatara" is an Indian word meaning "Where we feed on eels."...
in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital...
in the United States
United States
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The name is derived in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, meaning "herd". The creek is born in Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. A portion of the installation is located in eastern Dauphin County...
, East Hanover Township
East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
East Hanover Township is a township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,858 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, flowing northwest through Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)
Blue Mountain is a ridge that forms the eastern edge of the Appalachian mountain range in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It cuts across the eastern half of the state from New Jersey to Maryland, providing a distinct boundary between a number of Pennsylvania's geographical and cultural regions...
. As it flows through East Hanover Township, supporting popular ranges of fishing during spring seasons, it then meets Walnut Run. The watershed drains approximately 82 sq mi (213 km), including areas of farmland
Farmland
Farmland generally refers to agricultural land, or land currently used for the purposes of farming. It may also refer to:*Arable land, land capable of cultivating crops*Farmland, Indiana, a town in the United States...
and heavily forested areas.
Manada Creek joins the Swatara Creek
Swatara Creek
Swatara Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania in the United States. "Swatara" is an Indian word meaning "Where we feed on eels."...
along the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Sand Beach
Sand Beach, Pennsylvania
Sand Beach is an unincorporated community in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area, nearby locating in the vicinity of the census-designated place of Hershey, Pennsylvania, the latitude is 40.309, and the longitude -76.668, its elevation is 361...
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