Long Pine Creek is a 37.14 mi (59.77 km) long fourth-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Rock and Brown Counties, Nebraska.
[4] The creek was named from the dense growth of pine trees along its banks.
[5] Long Pine Creek rises on the divide of the Calamus River in the Nebraska Sandhills about 4 miles north-northeast of Hofeld Lake in Brown County and then flows generally north-northeast into Rock County to join the Niobrara River about 3 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Riverview, Nebraska.
[1] Long Pine Creek drains 437.21 square miles (1,132.4 km2) of area, receives about 23.0 in/year (58 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 3.96% forested.
[3] The creek runs through Long Pine state recreational area, a 153-acre tract of land.