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No site in Pennsylvania's access file falls on Big Elk Creek, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 4 blocks of public land front Big Elk Creek, and 9.0 of its 22.6 mapped miles run through them.
Public land on the water
- White Clay Creek Preserve — state park agency, 3.76 mi of this river, 3,303 acres in all
- Big Elk Creek State Park — another state agency, 3.76 mi of this river, 1,911 acres in all
- White Clay Creek State Park — state park agency, 0.93 mi of this river, 747 acres in all
- Big Elk Creek Woods — joint city-county land, 0.53 mi of this river, 53 acres in all
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it. The river miles are how far this river's drawn axis runs inside each block, measured here; the acreage is the whole unit's, most of which is nowhere near this water.
More about Big Elk Creek
Big Elk Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access