| Manada Creek | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dauphin, Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Sandbeach, Manadahill, Manada Gap, Fort Indiantown Gap |
| Length: | 17miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | Manada Gap, Pennsylvania |
| Discharge1 Min: | 8cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 23cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 987cuft/s |
| Source1: | Fort Indiantown Gap |
| Source1 Location: | East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 40.4414°N -76.6447°W |
| Mouth: | Swatara Creek |
| Mouth Location: | Sand Beach, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 40.3044°N -76.6689°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 348feet |
| Basin Size: | 32.2sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | Walnut Run |
Manada Creek[1] [2] [3] is a 17adj=midNaNadj=mid[4] tributary of Swatara Creek in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The watershed drains approximately 32 sq mi (83 km). The name is derived the Lenape word "menatey", meaning "island".[5]
The creek is born in Blue Mountain at Fort Indiantown Gap, East Hanover Township by the confluence of several branches, flowing southwest. The gap through the mountains which it flows through is known as Manada Gap. Later, it becomes the border of East Hanover and West Hanover townships, continuing to wind through forests and agricultural farmland before spilling into the Swatara Creek along the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Sand Beach.
The tributary Walnut Run joins Manada Creek in East Hanover Township.
The stream was known originally as Monody Creek.[6] [7] [8] Several variant names not included by the Geographic Names Information System, but have been recorded through various sources: