Hare Creek is a 12.05 mi (19.39 km) long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.

[3] It is classed as a cold-water/warm-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

[5] Hare Creek rises on the divide between it and French Creek in Chautauqua County, New York about 2 miles southeast of Cutting and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek about 3 miles southeast of Corry, Pennsylvania.

Hare Creek drains 30.10 square miles (78.0 km2) of the northwestern glaciated plateau and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.

[6] The watershed receives an average of 47.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 457.12.