page_title: Sugar Notch Run
section_title: History and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Sugar Notch Run / History and recreation
context_page_description: Sugar Notch Run is a tributary of Solomon Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.0 miles long and flows through Hanover Township, Sugar Notch, and Ashley. The watershed of the stream has an area of 2.33 square miles. The stream is considered to be impaired by abandoned mine drainage for its entire length. However, brook trout and various macroinvertebrate taxa inhabit portions of the stream and it is designated as a Coldwater Fishery. Coal mining has historically been done in the watershed and a small intake dam was on the stream in the early 1900s. Recreational opportunities in the watershed include the Sugar Notch Trail System and Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 207.
context_section_description: Sugar Notch Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1188956.
  Coal mining has been done in the vicinity of Sugar Notch Run. The Lucky Strike Coal Company was found guilty of illegally discharging wastewater into Sugar Notch Run in November 1979.
  Sugar Notch was listed as an impaired stream in 2004. Pollution along the stream was cleaned up by the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Restoration in 2013.
  A prestressed box beam bridge carrying State Route 2010 over Sugar Notch Run was constructed in 1961. It is 30.8 feet (9.4 m) long and is situated in Hanover Township.
  The Sugar Notch Trail System is located in the watershed of Sugar Run. It consists of two trails: the Ridge Top Trail and the Park Access Trail. The former is 3.06 miles (4.92 km) long and the latter is 0.64 miles (1.03 km) long. The stream passes through the Greater Hanover Recreation Park. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 207 are in the watershed's upper reaches.
caption: Sugar Notch colliery, by M. A. Kleckner
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