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Oxbow Inlet is a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and flows through Lemon Township . [ 1 ] The watershed of the creek has an area of 1.79 square miles (4.6 km 2 ).
The watershed of Oxbow Creek has an area of 8.56 square miles (22.2 km 2). [2] The mouth of the creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Factoryville. However, its source is in the quadrangle of Tunkhannock. [4] The mouth of the creek is located at East Lemon. [2] The designated use of Oxbow Creek is aquatic life. [3]
[8] [7] Between these forested slopes and Interstate 80 lies an oxbow lake of Fishing Creek, known as the Turkey Hill Oxbow. On the nearby slopes, there is a forest of hemlock and hardwood trees. There are also several skunk cabbage seeps on the slope. Near the oxbow, there are forested wetlands, shrub swamps, graminoid openings, and areas of ...
Oxbow Regional Park used to host the annual Salmon Festival, celebrating the return of the Chinook salmon while educating the public about the importance of intact, functional aquatic ecosystems, protection of native salmon and their habitat, and how fully functioning aquatic ecosystems can have a positive and important influence on human quality of life. [4]
The Laurel Highlands is a popular area for camping, hiking, mountain biking, hunting, whitewater kayaking, trout fishing, wildlife viewing, downhill (and cross-country) skiing, and golf. Amusement parks and resorts
There are two campgrounds at Kettle Creek State Park. One lacks water spigots and flush toilets. The Lower Campground has 44 sites all with electric hook-ups. The Upper Campground was 27 sites with 12 electric hook-ups. [3] The picnic area has 50 picnic tables with charcoal grills and water spigots. Some picnic tables are sunny and some are shaded.
The entrance trail (which leads to the main loop) begins to the left of the picnic area and heads to the northwest, rising above PA Route 666 on an old dirt road. At about 0.5 mile reach the first junction with the loop; here most hikers turn right (northeast), after which the trail descends to a footbridge over Minister Creek.
Hickory Run State Park is a 15,990-acre (6,471 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Kidder and Penn Forest Townships in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is spread across the Pocono Mountains.