Antietam Creek (Pennsylvania)

Antietam Creek (Pennsylvania)

Antietam Creek is a 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.

ee also

*List of Pennsylvania rivers

References

* Birdsboro 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Department of the Interior, USGS.
* Fleetwood 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Department of the Interior, USGS.


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