Catoctin Creek (Maryland)

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.

Catoctin Aqueduct

Catoctin Creek
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

See also

• List of rivers of Maryland

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
2. "Tributary Tuesday: Catoctin Creek (Frederick County, Md.)". Chesapeake Bay. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-07.

External links

• Monocacy & Catoctin Watershed Alliance
• Catoctin Creek Park

39.308157°N 77.565822°W / 39.308157; -77.565822