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 | Stocked trout water upper limit — PA 233 bridge Centerville Road, Cumberland County | Regulation section limit | 40.10478, -77.32733 | PFBC lists the Yellow Breeches stocked trout water as running from the Route 233 bridge downstream to the mouth. Boundary only — see the PFBC summary for the rules. |
| 2 | Bucher Spring 0.39 km south of the creek | Spring | 40.10092, -77.31082 | Limestone spring in the Huntsdale area, one of the cold-water sources that make the upper Yellow Breeches a year-round trout stream. |
| 3 | Huntsdale State Fish Hatchery PFBC hatchery, on the creek | Agency / conservation office | 40.10364, -77.30502 | Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission hatchery on the bank at Huntsdale. Tagged as aquaculture in OpenStreetMap; re-typed here as an agency site. |
| 4 | Holly Pike (PA 34) bridge Mount Holly Springs | Bridge crossing | 40.13566, -77.19495 | |
| 5 | Craighead Bridge Footbridge at Craighead | Bridge crossing | 40.14686, -77.17265 | Walk-in crossing at the Craighead reach above Boiling Springs. |
| 6 | York Road (PA 74) bridge Below Boiling Springs | Bridge crossing | 40.14365, -77.06189 | |
| 7 | Williams Grove Road bridge Williams Grove | Bridge crossing | 40.14793, -77.02869 | |
| 8 | Bowmansdale Bridge Bowmansdale | Bridge crossing | 40.15530, -76.99129 | |
| 9 | The Swinging Bridge Footbridge, Bowmansdale | Bridge crossing | 40.15528, -76.98842 | Named footbridge 0.3 km below the Bowmansdale road crossing. |
| 10 | Cedars Road (PA 114) bridge PA 114 | Bridge crossing | 40.16766, -76.90576 | |
| 11 | Lower Allen Community Park Access Lower Allen Township · 0.01 km off | Access / boat ramp | 40.17244, -76.91375 | Mapped launch at the township park on the lower creek. |
| 12 | Sheepford Road bridge Sheepford | Bridge crossing | 40.18487, -76.91187 | |
| 13 | USGS 01571500 — Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill USGS streamgauge | USGS gauge | 40.22481, -76.89803 | The gauge this water page reads. Coordinate taken from the site roster; it falls 0.02 km off the chained centreline. |
| 14 | New Cumberland Borough Park Access New Cumberland · 0.01 km off | Access / boat ramp | 40.21845, -76.86464 | Mapped launch at the borough park, close to the mouth. |
| 15 | Old York Road bridge New Cumberland | Bridge crossing | 40.22423, -76.86070 | Last road crossing above the Susquehanna. |
Gauge: USGS 01571500 — Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, 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.
Boiling Springs: the year-round no-kill section with parking and paths.
Allenberry: access on the middle creek below Boiling Springs.
Messiah University: public access through the campus reach.
Camp Hill: lower creek access near the USGS gauge.
New Cumberland: access near the Susquehanna confluence.
Bank access is continuous through most of the Cumberland Valley reach.
Note: the Boiling Springs no-kill stretch is fly and tackle catch and release.
Winter: midges and small olives in the spring-fed no-kill water.
Spring: olives, grannoms and caddis, with stocked and wild fish spread out.
Summer: sulphurs, terrestrials, and the August white fly hatch at dusk.
Fall: cooling water, olives returning, and much lighter pressure.