Pine Creek is a 23.7 miles (38.1 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 Mahantango Creek

Mahantango Creek

Mahantango Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin, Northumberland, and Schuylkill counties, in Pennsylvania in the United States....

 in western Schuylkill County

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

-Notable people:*Boxing heavyweight great Muhammad Ali had his training camp in Deer Lake.*Charles Justin Bailey, commanding general of the 81st Division in World War I, was born in Tamaqua on June 21, 1859....

, Pennsylvania

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, in the United States

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Pine Creek rises on Broad Mountain north of Tremont

Tremont, Pennsylvania

Tremont is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,784 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tremont is located at ....

 and flows west, passing the villages of Hegins and Valley View

Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Valley View is a census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,677 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Valley View is located at ....

. Shortly before its end, it turns north and cuts through a water gap in Mahantango Mountain, joining Mahantango Creek near Klingerstown

Klingerstown, Pennsylvania

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Deep Creek

Deep Creek (Pennsylvania)

Deep Creek is a tributary of Pine Creek in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Via Pine Creek, its waters flow to Mahantango Creek, then to the Susquehanna River....

 joins Pine Creek near the community of Spring Glen, approximately 8 miles (13 km) upstream of Mahantango Creek.