Mill Run (South Branch Potomac River tributary)

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Mill Run is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km)[1] tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.[2] The stream is located in Hampshire County in the Eastern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Mill Run rises on Nathaniel Mountain and flows northeast, then northwest into the South Branch south of Romney near on (West Virginia Secondary Route 8).

Headwaters and course[]

Mill Run's headwaters lie in a hollow between South Branch Mountain (3028 feet) and Nathaniel Mountain (2739 feet) in the Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area. The stream runs northeast, then northwest, where it is met with a number of trails and old lumbering roads used by fishermen and hunters that utilize the WMA. Two small unnamed streams also born from hollows in Nathaniel Mountain join Mill Run as it flows toward . After passing through Peterkin, Mill Run adjoins Hampshire Park and its 4-H camp facilities such as its council circle and makes its way past the old Pancake Schoolhouse. Mill Run then flows under South Branch River Road and empties into the South Branch near Riverview Farm.

Bridges[]

Bridge Route Location
Advent Lodge Wooden Bridge Walkway at Peterkin Conference Center Romney
Mill Run Bridge (CR 8) Romney

Trout fishing[]

Mill Run is not stocked anymore.

See also[]

  • List of West Virginia rivers

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed August 15, 2011
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Run (South Branch Potomac River tributary)

Coordinates: 39°18′08″N 78°48′05″W / 39.30222°N 78.80139°W / 39.30222; -78.80139

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