Penns Creek is a 67.1-mile-long (108.0 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania in the United States. Originally named "John Penn's Creek" after William Penn's younger brother, it was renamed Penns Creek (without the apostrophe) in 1802 by an Act of Assembly. The creek drains a watershed of approximately 163 square miles (420 km2) in Snyder and Union counties.
Penns Creek flows from its headwaters north of Spring Mills to the Susquehanna River, approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) downstream of Selinsgrove.
A large spring within Penns Cave, a commercial cave that offers guided tours by boat, forms one source for this limestone creek.
The upper reaches of Penns Creek offer some of the best trout flyfishing in the Northeast, with a Green Drake hatch occurring in late May that draws large crowds. As the water travels towards the Susquehanna, the temperatures gradually warm to levels best suited for panfish.
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