Plum Run (Rock Creek tributary)
River in Pennsylvania, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plum Run (Rock Run in 1821)[1] is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek.
| Plum Run (Rock Creek tributary) Bloody Run | |
|---|---|
 Plum Run generally flows west of both the Taneytown Road and Rock Creek. | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Region | Adams County |
| Township | Cumberland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Field of Pickett's Charge |
| Basin features | |
Namesake | "Plum Run line" of McGilvery's artillery |
History
The Plum Run Valley was the location of Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, and Third Day military engagements.
In 1972, the Slaughter Pen comfort station was temporarily closed after Youth Conservation Corps participants of Camp Eisenhower discovered fecal pollution in Plum Run.
| Plum Run course | |||||
| Location | Description | Coordinates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| headpoints | triple pt (Stevens & Guinn Runs)[2]
N of Codori house & barn[3] |
39.813151°N 77.23556°W | |||
| crossing | (historical) Emmitsburg Rd[4] | ||||
| perennial flow |
USGS map Google Maps |
38.80919°N 77.23832°W[3] | |||
| bridge | United States Avenue | ||||
| crossing | 39.801295°N 77.241134°W | ||||
| confluence | run | ||||
| culvert[6]: '08 | Wheatfield Road | ||||
| culvert | Crawford Avenue | 39.796271°N 77.238661°W | |||
| confluence | run from Weikert Hill | ||||
| bridge | Warren Avenue | ||||
| bridge | for Slaughter Pen pedestrians | ||||
| site | 1894-1917 trolley bridge | 39.790167°N 77.243446°W | |||
| confluence | Rose Run | ||||
| run | confluence | 39.78926°N 77.245211°W | |||
| bridge | along horse trail fording | 39.788244°N 77.245694°W | |||
| bridge | Confederate Avenue (1937) | ||||
| confluence | Heagy's Woods Run[7] | [relative location tbd] | |||
| boundary | National Park/Township | ||||
| confluence | run from Ridge Road[4] | ||||
| bridge | Knight Road | ||||
| bridge |  US 15 |
||||
| bridge | (private) | ||||
| confluence | run from north | ||||
| confluence | run from west | ||||
| bridge |  PA 134 |
39.765039°N 77.231998°W | |||
| mouth | Rock Creek (Monocacy River) | 39.758969°N 77.226806°W | |||
