| Conneaut Creek | |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA#USA Ohio#USA Pennsylvania |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Conneaut Creek in Ohio |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ashtabula, Erie, Crawford |
| Length: | 43.5miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | mouth |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 323.46cuft/s (estimate)[1] |
| Source1 Location: | Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 41.6781°N -80.3886°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1273feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Lake Erie |
| Mouth Location: | Conneaut, Ohio |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9697°N -80.5481°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 768feet |
| Basin Size: | 152sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | West Branch Conneaut Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | East Branch Conneaut Creek |
Conneaut Creek is a 43.5miles tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States.[3] Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Conneaut Creek rises in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and initially flows north-northwestwardly past Conneautville into western Erie County. Near Albion, it turns to the west-southwest and roughly parallels the shoreline of Lake Erie for some length, at a distance of about 5 mi (8 km) inland, into northeastern Ashtabula County, Ohio, where, at Kingsville, it turns to the northeast to flow into Lake Erie at the city of Conneaut.[4] [5]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conneaut Creek has also been known historically as: