Smith_Creek_(Virginia)
Smith Creek (Virginia)
River in Virginia, United States
Smith Creek (also known as Smith's Creek[1]) is a 35.5-mile-long (57.1 km)[2] tributary stream of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Its watershed comprises 106 square miles (270 km2) within Shenandoah and Rockingham counties on the western slope of the Massanutten Mountain ridge. Its headwaters lie in Rockingham County just north of Harrisonburg, and its confluence with the North Fork of the Shenandoah River is located just south of Mount Jackson.[3]
Smith Creek's major tributaries include:
- Mountain Run, which runs from the west slope of the Massanutten Mountain
- Fridley Run, a tributary of Mountain Run
- Dry Fork, which rises just east of Harrisonburg, joining Smith Creek just before Lacey Spring
- Lacey Spring Branch, a short branch which runs from the limestone springs at Lacey Spring
- War Branch, which rises at the base of the Massanutten Mountain southwest of the community of Athlone and continues past the community of Arkton before joining Smith Creek near Moores Mill Road
- Gap Branch, which rises at the base of the Massanutten near New Market Gap and joins Smith Creak just prior to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.