Kettle Creek State Park
State park in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kettle Creek State Park is a 1,793-acre (726 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Leidy Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is in a valley and is surrounded by mountains and wilderness. It features the Alvin R. Bush Dam built in 1961 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a flood control measure in the West Branch Susquehanna River basin. Many of the recreational facilities at the park were built during the Great Depression by the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Kettle Creek State Park is seven miles (10 km) north of Westport and Pennsylvania Route 120. It is largely surrounded by Sproul State Forest.
Kettle Creek State Park | |
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Location | Leidy, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 41°22′40″N 77°55′23″W |
Area | 1,793 acres (7.26 km2) |
Elevation | 1,115 ft (340 m)[1] |
Established | 1954 |
Named for | Kettle Creek |
Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Website | Kettle Creek State Park |