Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania)

Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania Dutch: Hollenbach) is a 34.1-mile-long (54.9 km)[2] tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.[4]

Jordan Creek Hollenbach in Pennsylvania Dutch language
Jordan Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania, January 2007
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lehigh
City	Allentown, Pennsylvania
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County
• coordinates	40°44′01″N 75°44′08″W[1]
Mouth	Little Lehigh Creek
• location	Allentown, Lehigh County
• coordinates	40°36′04″N 75°27′41″W[1]
Length	34.1 mi (54.9 km)[2]
Basin size	75.8 sq mi (196 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Allentown[3]
• average	157 cu ft/s (4.4 m3/s)[3]
• minimum	8.7 cu ft/s (0.25 m3/s)
• maximum	1,390 cu ft/s (39 m3/s)

Jordan Creek arises from a natural spring on Blue Mountain. The spring is located downhill from the Bake Oven Knob shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County. The water course then flows intermittently downhill past Mountain Road, carrying further south through Heidelberg Township and passing through the Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville.

Jordan Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek in Allentown before soon flowing into the Lehigh River.[4] It drains an area of 75.8 square miles (196 km²).[3]

Jordan Creek is one several Lehigh Valley locations, along with Bethlehem, Egypt, and Emmaus, whose name was inspired by locations referenced in the Bible.[5]