Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
Stream in Frederick County, Maryland, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the creek in Maryland. For the nearby creek in Virginia, see Catoctin Creek (Virginia).
Catoctin Creek is a 27.9-mile-long (44.9 km)[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, US. Its source is formed north of Myersville. In Myersville, it merges with the Little Catoctin Creek at Doub's Meadow Park.[2] From there, it flows directly south through Middletown, and the southern Middletown Valley for the entire length of the stream collecting several smaller tributaries. It makes a crossing with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the Catoctin Aqueduct, one of just 11 of these structures to survive.[2] Catoctin Creek enters the Potomac River east of Brunswick.
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Catoctin Creek | |
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Etymology | Catoctin Mountain |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland |
Region | Frederick County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Ellerton, Maryland |
• location | 39.55113°N 77.55205°W / 39.55113; -77.55205 |
Mouth | Potomac River |
• location | Lander, Maryland |
• coordinates | 39.2756576°N 77.5510994°W / 39.2756576; -77.5510994 |
• elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
Length | 27.9 mi (44.9 km) |
Basin size | 120.53 sq mi (312.2 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Lander, Maryland |
• average | 145.01 cfs |
Basin features | |
River system | Potomac River |
Cities | Myersville, Middletown, Frederick, Jefferson |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little Catoctin Creek, Lewis Mill Branch |
• right | Little Catoctin Creek, Broad Run |
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