{{Short description|Creek in Pennsylvania, United States}} {{For|other streams with similar names|Bushkill (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} [[File:Resica Falls, PA2.jpg|thumb|Resica Falls]] '''Big Bushkill Creek''' ('''Bush Kill''' on federal maps<ref>{{gnis|1198145|Bush Kill}}</ref>) is a {{convert|30.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed April 1, 2011</ref> [[tributary]] of the [[Delaware River]] in the [[Pocono Mountains]] region of [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]].<ref name = "gertler">Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-9749692-0-6}}</ref>
It originates from Pecks Pond {{coord|41.2808|-75.0872}} in [[Pike County, Pennsylvania|Pike County]]. It flows south, entering Pickerel Lake and then into Beaver Run Pond. Most of the stream travels through [[Delaware State Forest]] before entering [[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]]. It is a prominent feature of [[Resica Falls Scout Reservation]].
Bush Kill joins the Delaware River at the village of [[Bushkill, Pennsylvania|Bushkill]].<ref name = "gertler"/>
==Tributaries== <small>There are at least five unnamed tributaries to the Bush Kill; named tributaries include:</small> *Little Bush Kill *Sand Hill Creek *Saw Creek *Spring Run *Pennel Run *Dancing Ridge Run *Utt Run *High Swamp Run *Sixteen Mile Run *Brights Creek *Beaver Run *Middle Branch Bush Kill *Spruce Run
==See also== *[[Bushkill Falls]] *[[List of Pennsylvania rivers]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations]
{{Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area}} {{authority control}}
[[Category:Rivers of Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Pocono Mountains]] [[Category:Tributaries of the Delaware River]] [[Category:Rivers of Monroe County, Pennsylvania]]