Yellow Creek
Encyclopedia
Yellow Creek is a 20.9 miles (33.6 km) tributary
of the Raystown Branch Juniata River
in Bedford County
, Pennsylvania
, in the United States
.
Yellow Creek flows from Morrisons Cove through Loysburg Gap, a water gap
in Tussey Mountain
, before joining the Raystown Branch at Hopewell.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Raystown Branch Juniata River
Raystown Branch Juniata River
The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest tributary of the Juniata River in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States....
in Bedford County
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Yellow Creek flows from Morrisons Cove through Loysburg Gap, a water gap
Water gap
A water gap is an opening or notch which flowing water has carved through a mountain range. Water gaps often offer a practical route for road and rail transport to cross mountain ridges.- Geology :...
in Tussey Mountain
Tussey Mountain
]Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges...
, before joining the Raystown Branch at Hopewell.
Bridges
- The Halls Mill Covered BridgeHalls Mill Covered BridgeHalls Mill Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Hopewell Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is a , Burr Truss bridge with a medium pitched gable roof, constructed in 1872. It crosses Yellow Creek. It is one of 15 historic covered bridges in Bedford County.It was...
crosses Yellow Creek in Hopewell, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.