Stevens Run (Rock Creek)
Encyclopedia
Stevens Run is a 2.2 miles (3.5 km) tributary of Rock Creek (Monocacy River) flowing over the Gettysburg Battlefield
and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch
railroad.
Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East...
and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and...
. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch
Round Top Branch
The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania...
railroad.
| Course, northeast-to-southwest | ||
| Intersection | Location/Description | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Mouth | Rock Creek confluence | |
| Bridge | Former borough site of 1920 bridgehttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XbslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1370,2028806&dq=winebrenner-run+gettysburg&hl=en | |
| Boundary | Exits GNMP Gettysburg National Military Park The Gettysburg National Military Park is an administrative unit of the National Park Service's northeast region and a subunit of federal properties of Adams County, Pennsylvania, with the same name, including the Gettysburg National Cemetery... land |
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| Run | Confluence with flow from Colt Park | 39°49.319′N 77°14.529′W |
| Perennial flow | 39.81631°N 77.25540°W | |
| Flow from Plum Plum Run (Rock Creek) Plum Run is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek... & Guinn runs' triple pt |
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| Headpoint | N of Codori house & barn | 39.81178°N 77.24021°W |