Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penns Cave Road bridge T-road crossing, upper Penns Valley | Bridge crossing | 40.86610, -77.60952 | First road crossing below the Penns Cave outlet, where the creek is still a small spring run. |
| 2 | Special-regulation reach — upper limit SR 45 bridge, Spring Mills | Regulation section limit | 40.85638, -77.57423 | Upstream end of the PFBC miscellaneous special-regulation reach, which runs down to the Elk Creek confluence. Read the rules on the PFBC page before you fish it. |
| 3 | Siglerville Millheim Pike bridge Penns Valley crossing above Coburn | Bridge crossing | 40.85642, -77.48911 | Last easy valley crossing before the creek turns into the roadless Seven Mountains gorge. |
| 4 | Slot-limit reach — upper limit Elk Creek confluence, Coburn | Regulation section limit | 40.86039, -77.46153 | PFBC puts the boundary at the Elk Creek mouth; plotted here at the Coburn confluence, because OSM's Elk Creek channel stops about 0.8 km short. |
| 5 | Penns Creek Path footbridge Mid State Trail, below Poe Paddy | Bridge crossing | 40.83613, -77.40843 | Rail-trail footbridge on the Mid State Trail through the gorge — the walk-in route to water no road reaches. |
| 6 | Lykens Valley Camp Camp site at Poe Paddy | Campsite | 40.83672, -77.40909 | Tagged as a camp site in OSM on the gorge bank beside the trail bridge; confirm whether it is open to the public before planning on it. |
| 7 | Poe Paddy access Slipway at the Poe Paddy Drive bridge | Access / boat ramp | 40.83483, -77.41622 | Small hand-launch at the end of Poe Paddy Drive — the usual put-in for the gorge. Unnamed in OSM; placed by the road it sits on. |
| 8 | Catch-and-release artificial-lures reach — upper limit 600 m below the Swift Run mouth | Regulation section limit | 40.83416, -77.40552 | PFBC measures this limit 600 metres downstream of Swift Run; plotted by walking 600 m down the centreline from the mapped Swift Run confluence. |
| 9 | White Mountain Road bridge Lower gorge crossing near Weikert | Bridge crossing | 40.85628, -77.29423 | One of the few places a road touches the creek between Cherry Run and Glen Iron. |
| 10 | Penns Creek Campground Private campground on the creek bank | Campsite | 40.85751, -77.25146 | |
| 11 | Sunsational Family Campground Private campground, Glen Iron reach | Campsite | 40.86024, -77.23529 | |
| 12 | PA 235 bridge Route 235 at Millmont | Bridge crossing | 40.86448, -77.19959 | State-route crossing; the valley road (Creek Road) shadows the creek from here down. |
| 13 | State Game Lands Number 201 Pennsylvania Game Commission | Park / conservation area | 40.87953, -77.05632 | Public ground on the north bank of the lower creek — walk-in access, no facilities. |
| 14 | USGS 01555000 — Penns Creek at Penns Creek Live discharge and water temperature | USGS gauge | 40.86675, -77.04831 | The gauge the water page reads for flow, temperature and the percentile against the historical median. |
| 15 | Little Mexico Campground Private campground below Mifflinburg | Campsite | 40.87099, -76.93883 | |
| 16 | Penn Avon Campground Private campground, lower creek | Campsite | 40.83207, -76.87143 | |
| 17 | US 522 bridge, Selinsgrove Susquehanna Trail (US 522) | Bridge crossing | 40.81400, -76.85542 | Main crossing at Selinsgrove, about 5 km above the Susquehanna confluence. |
Gauge: USGS 01555000 — Penns Creek at Penns Creek, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Regulations: www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Penns Cave headwaters area — the top of the system, limited public access, mostly private above Spring Mills.
Spring Mills and Coburn accesses — road-adjacent water and the start of the special-regulation reach.
Poe Paddy State Park — parking, campground and the trailhead into the gorge.
Poe Paddy railroad tunnel and grade — foot access downstream through the wilderness reach.
Cherry Run — the lower end of the gorge walk-in and a common take-out point.
Weikert and Glen Iron road accesses — mid-river parking on the transition water.
Village of Penns Creek — access at the USGS gauge, smallmouth water in summer.
Spring: blue-winged olives and grannom into April; the Green Drake usually lands in the last week of May into early June.
Summer: sulphurs and tricos early, terrestrials through the day; the lower river warms and turns to smallmouth.
Fall: cooling water brings the browns back on the feed; low, clear conditions and long leaders.
Winter: midge fishing in the catch-and-release water on mild days; the