Scout Creek

Scout Creek
Gully[1]
Name origin: Derived from the Baden Powell Scout Training Camp, located adjacent to the creek.[1]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Regions	Sydney basin (IBRA), Northern Suburbs
Local government area	Hornsby
Part of	Parramatta River catchment
Source
- location	Pennant Hills
- coordinates	33°44′09″S 151°04′35″E / 33.73583°S 151.07639°E / -33.73583; 151.07639
Mouth	confluence with the Lane Cove River
- location	between Thornleigh and North Epping
- coordinates	33°45′12″S 151°06′2″E / 33.75333°S 151.10056°E / -33.75333; 151.10056Coordinates: 33°45′12″S 151°06′2″E / 33.75333°S 151.10056°E / -33.75333; 151.10056
Length	1.8 km (1 mi)
National park	Lane Cove NP
NASA satellite view of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, with the location of the mouth of the Scout Creek, as marked

Scout Creek, an urban gully^[1] that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia.

Course and features

Scout Creek rises on the southern side of the intersection of Paling Street and Pennant Hills Road, in the suburb of Pennant Hills; with its headwaters forming the watershed boundary between the Hornsby Plateau and the Cumberland Plain. The creek flows generally south-east by south, through the Baden Powell Scout Training Camp and Pennant Hills Park, before reaching its confluence with the Lane Cove River, between Thornleigh and North Epping, in the Lane Cove National Park. The course of the creek is approximately 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi).^[1]

Scout Creek was formerly known as 'Boy Scout Creek' from when the Boy Scout Camp site was opened in 1927, adjacent to the creek. The name was locally changed to 'Scout Creek' in the 1960s when the term 'Boy' was removed from the title of the Scouts Association.^[1]

See also

• Great North Walk
• Great North Road
• Lane Cove National Park
• Rivers of New South Wales

References