Download coordinates as: Running Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3][4] The watercourse Running Creek (from which the locality takes its name) rises in Lamington on the northern slopes of the McPherson Range and enters the locality from the south-west (Mount Gipps) and then flows north through the locality exiting to the north-west (Rathdowney), where it immediately becomes a tributary of the Logan River (28°12′39″S 152°52′44″E / 28.2108°S 152.8789°E / -28.2108; 152.8789 (Running Creek (mouth))).

[17] The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor traverses the length of the north south axis of Running Creek.

Nearby the Lions Road passes through Richmond Gap on the McPherson Range and links to Cougal in northern New South Wales.

The terrain is generally hilly with elevations rising in the south to well above 600 metres along the McPherson Range.

It covers the area roughly equivalent to the catchment formed by Running Creek, with the exception of its most upper parts which lie in Mount Gipps and Southern Lamington.

[23] Having been made redundant due to automation, it was proposed to demolish the Glenapp signal box in 2007.