Plum Run (Rock Run in 1821) 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.
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) N of Codori house & barn crossing (historical) Emmitsburg Rd perennialflowUSGS mapGoogle Maps bridge United States Avenue crossing confluence run culvert "On September 9, 1907, a contract was made with M. & T. E. Farrell to grade and pike a portion of three additional public roads connecting avenues, viz: The Harrisburg road from the borough line of Gettysburg to Rock Creek bridge, 2,872 feet, 18 feet wide; the Emmitsburg road from the borough line to the peach orchard, 8,263 feet, 18 feet wide, and the Wheatfield road from Sedgwick avenue to Sickles avenue, 3,400 feet, 18 feet wide. This contract includes the draining and one large culvert over Plum Run." Wheatfield Road culvert Crawford Avenue confluence run from Weikert Hill bridge Warren Avenue bridge for Slaughter Pen pedestrians site 1894-1917 trolley bridge confluence Rose Run run confluence bridge along horse trail fording bridge Confederate Avenue (1937) confluence Heagy's Woods Run [relative location tbd] boundary National Park/Township confluence run from Ridge Road (shows "Lower Wheatfield Road") bridge Knight Road bridge US 15 bridge (private) confluence run from north confluence run from west bridge PA 134 mouth Rock Creek (Monocacy River)
See also List of rivers of Pennsylvania
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