Kettle Creek State Park
| Kettle Creek State Park | |||||||
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Interactive map of Kettle Creek State Park | |||||||
| Location | Leidy Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||
| Coordinates | 41°22′31″N 77°55′58″W / 41.37517°N 77.93277°W | ||||||
| Area | 1,793 acres (726 ha) | ||||||
| Elevation | 1,115 feet (340 m) | ||||||
| Established | 1962 | ||||||
| Administered by | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
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Kettle Creek State Park is a 1,793-acre (726 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Leidy Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is in a valley and is surrounded by mountains and wilderness. It features the Alvin R. Bush Dam built in 1961 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a flood control measure in the West Branch Susquehanna River basin. Many of the recreational facilities at the park were built during the Great Depression by the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Kettle Creek State Park is seven miles (11 km) north of Westport and Pennsylvania Route 120. It is largely surrounded by Sproul State Forest.