Pine Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Potter, Tioga, Lycoming, and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek is long. Within Tioga County, of Pine Creek are designated as a Pennsylvania Scenic River.Pine Creek is the largest tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River and has the largest watershed of all the West Branch’s tributaries.NamePine Creek is named for the many pine trees that lined (and now again line) much of its banks. The Iroquois called Pine Creek Tiadaghton, which according to Owlett, either meant "The River of Pines" or "The Lost or Bewildered River". Pine Creek is the largest "creek" in the United States.GeographyPine Creek's source is in Potter County, 5mi southeast of Ulysses. It flows southeast to Galeton, where it receives its first major tributary, the West Branch Pine Creek. It then flows east to Tioga County and the village of Ansonia. Here it receives its second major tributary, Marsh Creek, and turns south again for. This stretch is the start of the Pine Creek Gorge, which is about deep in places.
