Antietam Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Schuylkill River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Antietam Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Antietam Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Berks |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Reading |
Length: | 10.01miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Schuylkill River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 27.54cuft/s at mouth with Schuylkill River[2] |
Source1: | Little Manatawny Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles south of Alsace Manor, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.3908°N -75.8542°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 785feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | Southeastern Reading, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.2828°N -75.8475°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 157feet[5] |
Progression: | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Delaware River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Antietam Reservoir |
Bridges: | Mexico Road, Antietam Road, Seider Road, Angora Road, Antietam Road (x2), Heidelberg Avenue, Butler Lane, St. Lawrence Avenue, Oley Turnpike Road, Parkview Road, Gibralter Road, US 422 |
Antietam Creek is a 10.5adj=midNaNadj=mid[6] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It rises just south of Alsace Manor in Alsace Township. There are several non-named tributaries to the creek. It empties into the Schuylkill just south of Reading.