Summit Lake Creek begins in a valley in Newton Township.

It flows east-northeast for several tenths of a mile, passing through the Interlaken Lake, entering South Abington Township, and crossing Pennsylvania Route 307 before turning southeast and crossing Interstate 476.

[3] The elevation near the mouth of Summit Lake Creek is 1,063 feet (324 m) above sea level.

[2] The creek is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Scranton.

[4] Summit Lake Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979.

[6] A concrete slab bridge carrying State Route 4032 over Summit Lake Creek was built in South Abington Township in 1904.

A concrete tee beam bridge carrying US Route 11 over the creek was constructed in 1936.

[11] In 2011, Pennsylvania American Water, awarded a $2500 grant to the Clarks Summit Shade Tree Commission to reforest the area at the mouth of the creek and to clean up its streambed to avert potential flash flooding problems.