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The Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with Arlington Memorial Bridge in the foreground and Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia in the background. The Potomac River runs 405 mi (652 km) from Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park in West Virginia on the Allegheny Plateau to Point Lookout, Maryland, and drains 14,679 sq mi (38,020 km 2). The ...
The South Branch Potomac River has its headwaters in northwestern Highland County, Virginia, near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front. After a river distance of 139 miles (224 km), [ 4 ] the mouth lies east of Green Spring , Hampshire County, West Virginia , where it meets the North Branch Potomac River to form the Potomac .
The first recorded European encounter was that of the English leader Captain John Smith, who visited the people in 1608 in their homeland, between Aquia Creek and Upper Machodoc Creek. He noted they were cultivating 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of corn along the Potomac River. The Patawomeck main town, also called Patawomeck, was located on the north ...
Opequon Creek bridge near Martinsburg, WV. Opequon Creek (historically also Opecken [1]) is an approximately 35 mile [2] tributary stream of the Potomac River.It flows into the Potomac northeast of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and its source lies northwest of the community of Opequon at the foot of Great North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia.
Aquia Creek (/ ɑː ˈ k w aɪ ə /) is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km) [1] tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in Northern Virginia.The creek's headwaters lie in southeastern Fauquier County, and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, 45 miles (72 km) south of Washington, D.C.
Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is 80 miles (129 km) in length, [ 1 ] with 57 miles (92 km) in Pennsylvania and 23 miles (37 km) in Maryland.
Neabsco Creek is a 13.9-mile-long (22.4 km) [1] tributary of the lower tidal segment of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. The Neabsco Creek watershed covers about 27 square miles (70 km 2). The name Neabsco is derived from a Doeg village recorded as Niopsco by early English colonists.
Alexandria, Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Belle Haven, Virginia; Bolivar, West Virginia; Brookmont, Maryland; Brunswick, Maryland; Cabin John, Maryland; Campbells ...