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 | Upper limit of Spring Creek's special-regulation water PFBC section 2 - upper limit | Regulation section limit | 40.79748, -77.80605 | Upstream end of the 11.0-mile PFBC section 2 reach. Everything downstream of here to the mouth is special-regulation water; the creek above it is not. |
| 2 | General Potter Highway (US 322 / PA 144 Truck) Potter Township | Bridge crossing | 40.78680, -77.71603 | Highest road crossing of the chained centreline, about 1.3 km down from the headwater end. |
| 3 | Fasick Park Harris Township | Park / conservation area | 40.78189, -77.76802 | Township park on the south bank near Boalsburg; the footpath ladder through this stretch is all unnamed and was not mapped. |
| 4 | Boalsburg Pike Harris Township | Bridge crossing | 40.78055, -77.79302 | |
| 5 | Mount Nittany Expressway (US 322) Two carriageways, one crossing | Bridge crossing | 40.78948, -77.79878 | Northbound and southbound decks are separate OSM ways 30 m apart and ship as a single crossing. |
| 6 | Linden Hall Road College Township | Bridge crossing | 40.79299, -77.79841 | The Brush Valley Road crossing sits 60 m downstream and is not mapped separately. |
| 7 | Oak Hall Parklet College Township | Park / conservation area | 40.79325, -77.79929 | Small roadside parklet on the bank, 16 m off the centreline. |
| 8 | Boalsburg Road College Township | Bridge crossing | 40.79510, -77.80610 | 260 m below the upper limit of the special-regulation water. |
| 9 | Glenn Park Lemont | Park / conservation area | 40.80776, -77.82155 | |
| 10 | East Branch Road College Township | Bridge crossing | 40.80837, -77.81949 | |
| 11 | Cairns Crossing Lemont · creekside open space | Park / conservation area | 40.81003, -77.82054 | The Elmwood Street bridge sits 33 m away and rides in here rather than as a second point. |
| 12 | The Lemont Village Green Lemont | Park / conservation area | 40.81109, -77.81719 | |
| 13 | TCO Fly Shop - State College 2030 E College Ave | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 40.81891, -77.81732 | The only tackle or fly shop OSM carries anywhere on the creek. Open and trading - its own Central PA fishing report was published in 2026. |
| 14 | East College Avenue PA 26 corridor | Bridge crossing | 40.81804, -77.81881 | |
| 15 | Spring Creek Park Houserville · College Township | Park / conservation area | 40.82072, -77.82961 | The main signed creekside park on the State College stretch, 61 m off the water. |
| 16 | Puddintown Road College Township | Bridge crossing | 40.82085, -77.83282 | |
| 17 | Houserville Road College Township | Bridge crossing | 40.82965, -77.83191 | |
| 18 | USGS 01546400 Spring Creek at Houserville Flow and stage | USGS gauge | 40.83367, -77.82750 | Sits at the Trout Road (T365) bridge, which rides in here rather than as a separate crossing. Roster coordinate landed 23 m off the chained centreline. |
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Interstate 99 / US 220 Two carriageways, one crossing | Bridge crossing | 40.84342, -77.82287 | |
| 20 | Benner Spring Benner Township | Spring | 40.85114, -77.82230 | 31 m off the centreline. One of the limestone risings that make this a year-round cold-water creek. |
| 21 | Benner Spring State Fish Hatchery Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission | Agency / conservation office | 40.85768, -77.81620 | PFBC research station and hatchery on the left bank; re-typed from the OSM aquaculture landuse polygon. |
| 22 | Upper limit of the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only reach PFBC section 3 - upper limit | Regulation section limit | 40.87783, -77.79442 | Upstream end of the 1.26-mile Fisherman's Paradise reach, and the downstream end of PFBC section 2. Landed 7 m off the chained line. |
| 23 | Fisherman's Paradise parking Walk-in · no ramp | Access / boat ramp | 40.87991, -77.79260 | The signed angler parking for the Fisherman's Paradise reach, 36 m off the water. Spring Creek is a wadeable trout stream - there are no boat launches anywhere on it. |
| 24 | Forked Spring Benner Township | Spring | 40.88006, -77.79417 | |
| 25 | Bellefonte State Fish Hatchery at Fisherman's Paradise Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission | Agency / conservation office | 40.88185, -77.79419 | The hatchery the Paradise reach is named for; re-typed from the OSM aquaculture polygon. |
| 26 | Lower limit of the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only reach PFBC section 3 - lower limit | Regulation section limit | 40.88348, -77.78887 | Downstream end of the Fisherman's Paradise reach and the upstream end of PFBC section 4. |
| 27 | USGS 01546500 Spring Creek near Axemann Second USGS station on the creek | Point of interest | 40.88986, -77.79427 | Not the sheet's gauge - the water page reads 01546400 at Houserville. Sits at the Spring Creek Road bridge, which rides in here. |
| 28 | Buffalo Run Road (PA 550) Benner Township | Bridge crossing | 40.90162, -77.79748 | First mapped crossing in 11 km - the Benner and Paradise stretch has almost no road access, which is why the walk-in parking matters. |
| 29 | Masullo Park Bellefonte Borough | Park / conservation area | 40.90923, -77.78468 | |
| 30 | Upper limit of the closed section at Bellefonte PFBC section 5 - upper limit | Regulation section limit | 40.91019, -77.78236 | Upstream end of a 0.43-mile closed reach through the Bellefonte hatchery water. Read the PFBC page before fishing here. |
| 31 | Big Spring Bellefonte | Spring | 40.90917, -77.78114 | The rising the town is named for, 144 m off the centreline. |
| 32 | Weir below Big Spring Unnamed in OSM | Dam / hazard | 40.91080, -77.78106 | Mapped as a weir, 2 m off the chained centreline, inside the closed reach. |
| 33 | Lower limit of the closed section, at the West High Street bridge PFBC section 5 - lower limit | Regulation section limit | 40.91153, -77.78086 | The section boundary and the West High Street crossing are the same point - the PASDA limit landed 18 m from the bridge, so they ship as one marker. |
| 34 | Krauss Park Bellefonte Borough | Park / conservation area | 40.91470, -77.78368 | The West Lamb Street bridge sits 40 m away and rides in here. |
| 35 | Milesburg Park Milesburg Borough | Park / conservation area | 40.94184, -77.78913 | Last park on the creek; the Commercial Street bridge is 190 m upstream. |
| 36 | Lower limit of the special-regulation water, at the mouth PFBC section 6 - lower limit | Regulation section limit | 40.94301, -77.78730 | Spring Creek ends here at Bald Eagle Creek in Milesburg, beside the Mill Street (PA 144 / PA 150) bridge. Chained centreline and PASDA limit agree to 9 m. |
Gauge: USGS 01546400 — Spring Creek at Houserville, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Regulations: www.fishandboat.com/Fishing/Pages/FishingRegulations.aspx
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Houserville - the gauge reach on the middle creek above Bellefonte.
Fisherman's Paradise - the best-known section of the stream, below Bellefonte.
Spring Creek Canyon - a protected corridor with walking access along the water.
Benner Springs - access near the state fish culture station on the middle creek.
Bellefonte - the town on the lower creek with in-town access and supplies.
State College - the nearest city and the upper valley approach to the creek.
Milesburg - the confluence with Bald Eagle Creek at the bottom end.
Spring: sulphur hatches from late May into June bring the best dry fly fishing of the year.
Summer: steady spring flows keep the creek cold, with trico hatches through August mornings.
Fall: consistent conditions and less pressure make October and November quietly excellent.
Winter: genuinely fishable throughout, with midges keeping wild browns feeding on the surface.