Honey Creek (Pennsylvania)
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Honey Creek is a 20.3 miles (32.7 km) tributary
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 Kishacoquillas Creek
Kishacoquillas Creek
Kishacoquillas Creek is a tributary of the Juniata River in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Kishacoquillas Creek drains the Kishacoquillas Valley, running along the foot of the Jacks Mountain ridge where it intersects with Honey Creek before passing through the Mann Narrows...

 in Mifflin County
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Mifflin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 46,682. Its county seat is Lewistown. It is named after Thomas Mifflin, the first Governor of Pennsylvania.-Geography:...

, 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
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Honey Creek drains the northeast end of the Kishacoquillas Valley
Kishacoquillas Valley
The Kishacoquillas Valley, known locally as both Kish Valley and Big Valley, is an enclosed anticlinal valley in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania, lying between Stone Mountain ridge to the north and Jacks Mountain ridge to the south. The valley is located in Mifflin County...

. Treaster Run
Treaster Run
Treaster Run is a tributary of Honey Creek in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Treaster Run joins Honey Creek just downstream of the community of Locke Mills.-References:...

 joins just downstream of the community of Locke Mills. Sections of the creek bed are composed of porous limestone, allowing water to enter and flow through Alexander Caverns, near the community of Shrader. During low flow, on the surface the creek appears to disappear, while continuing to flow through the caverns. The creek joins Kishacoquillas Creek at Reedsville
Reedsville, Pennsylvania
Reedsville is a census-designated place in the Kishacoquillas Valley of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 858 at the 2000 census...

, approximately 6.9 miles (11.1 km) upstream of the Juniata River
Juniata River
The Juniata River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately long, in central Pennsylvania in the United States. The river is considered scenic along much of its route, having a broad and shallow course passing through several mountain ridges and steeply-lined water gaps...

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