Standing Stone Creek is a 34.2 miles (55 km) tributary

Tributary

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 of the Juniata River

Juniata River

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 in Huntingdon

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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 and Centre

Centre County, Pennsylvania

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 counties, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, in the United States

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Allegedly, when the first European visitors arrived at the creek's mouth, they found a Native American

Native Americans in the United States

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 camp whose lodges were arranged in a circle, centered by a 14-foot-high, six-inch-square stone pillar, marked with petroglyph

Petroglyph

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s. When the Native Americans left, they took the stone with them. But the creek's name remains in memory of that monument.

Standing Stone Creek begins in Centre County within Rothrock State Forest

Rothrock State Forest

Rothrock State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #5. The main offices are located in Huntingdon in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States....

, just north of Penn-Roosevelt State Park

Penn-Roosevelt State Park

Penn-Roosevelt State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is surrounded by Rothrock State Forest. Penn-Roosevelt State Park is miles from U.S...

. Standing Stone Creek joins the Juniata River in the borough of Huntingdon

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Huntingdon is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Huntingdon County. It is located along the Juniata River, west of Harrisburg, about halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, in an agricultural and fruit-growing region, with valuable forests and deposits of...

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Bridges

• The Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek
  Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek
  Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek, also known as Conrail Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek, is a historic multi-span stone arch bridge spanning Standing Stone Creek and located at Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad...
  
   crosses Standing Stone Creek at Huntingdon
  Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
  Huntingdon is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Huntingdon County. It is located along the Juniata River, west of Harrisburg, about halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, in an agricultural and fruit-growing region, with valuable forests and deposits of...
  
  , Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.