| Raystown Branch Juniata River Tributary to Juniata River | |
|---|---|
 Raystown Lake Dam on the Raystown Branch Juniata River | |
  Location of the mouth of Raystown Branch Juniata River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Huntingdon County Bedford County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Raystown Branch and Wills Creek |
| • location | about 1 mile east of Macdonaldton, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 39°54′57″N 078°53′00″W / 39.91583°N 78.88333°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,720 ft (830 m) |
| Mouth | Juniata River |
• location | Ardenheim, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°27′17″N 077°58′39″W / 40.45472°N 77.97750°W[1] |
• elevation | 600 ft (180 m) |
| Length | 62.14 mi (100.00 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 961.96 square miles (2,491.5 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ardenheim, Pennsylvania |
| • average | 1,233.99 cu ft/s (34.943 m3/s) at mouth with Juniata River[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally north |
| River system | Juniata River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Breastwork Run Shawnee Branch Dunning Creek Pipers Run Yellow Creek Dry Run Ravers Run Sugar Camp Run Shy Beaver Creek Coffee Run James Creek Hawns Run |
| • right | Wambaugh Run Cove Creek Brush Creek Tub Mill Run French Run Kimber Run Six Mile Run Shoup Run Tatman Run Great Trough Creek |
| Waterbodies | Raystown Lake |
The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest tributary of the Juniata River in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States.[4]
The Raystown Branch Juniata River begins along the Allegheny Front in Somerset County and flows 123 miles (198 km) to the confluence with the Juniata River near Huntingdon.[5] It passes through the boroughs of Bedford and Everett along its course.
Approximately 5.4 miles (8.7 km) upstream of the mouth, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Raystown Dam forms Raystown Lake, the largest lake in Pennsylvania.[4]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Raystown Branch Juniata River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Raystown Branch Juniata River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011