Beaver Creek (Lehigh River tributary)
| Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Highest of two: on south face Broad Mountain above Hometown, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°51′00″N 75°58′30″W / 40.85°N 75.975°W |
| • elevation | 1,360 feet (415 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lehigh River between Jim Thorpe and Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°52′32″N 75°45′41″W / 40.8755°N 75.7615°W |
| Length | 14.9 mi (24.0 km) |
Beaver Creek in Carbon County, Pennsylvania is an east-to-west-running tributary of the Lehigh River giving name to and draining the southern terrains of Beaver Meadows into Black Creek.
The creek rises 1,500 feet (460 m) southeast of the intersection of Main Street and Lincoln Circle in Junedale, one unincorporated village (neighborhood) of Banks Township at the northwestern corner of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and runs nearly due east-northeast through the center of Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania 5.74 miles (9.24 km) to the centerline of Weatherly, where it turns abruptly and runs due south 1.25 miles through the center of Weatherly, where, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) from its source, it merges with Hazle Creek, thereby forming Black Creek, Pennsylvania, which turns abruptly east from its origin.