Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The stream rises in Frederick County, Virginia, and flows through Morgan County, West Virginia before joining the Potomac near the community of Sleepy Creek.
While Sleepy Creek Lake is a part of the Sleepy Creek watershed, it is an impoundment of its tributary, Meadow Branch, in Berkeley County, West Virginia and not of Sleepy Creek itself.
Course Sleepy Creek's source lies north of State Route 127 in Frederick County, Virginia, near the Hampshire County, West Virginia border at Good. From Frederick County, Sleepy Creek flows north through Morgan County, West Virginia, where it drains into the Potomac at the community of Sleepy Creek on the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's mainline.
Tributaries Tributary streams listed from south (source) to north (mouth).
Bear Garden Run Hands Run Breakneck Run Indian Run South Fork Indian Run Middle Fork Indian Run North Fork Indian Run Rock Gap Run Middle Fork Sleepy Creek Iden Run South Fork Sleepy Creek Merchant Run Mountain Run Yellow Spring Run Meadow Branch
Bridges Bridge Route LocationCR 38/10 BridgeFish Hatchery Road (CR 38/10)RidgeOakland Road BridgeOakland Road (CR 28)OaklandCR 13 BridgeWinchester Grade Road (CR 13)Smith CrossroadsSmith Crossroads BridgeSpriggs Road (CR 13/1)Smith CrossroadsJohnson's Mill BridgeJohnson's Mill Road (CR 26)Johnsons MillCR 8 BridgeHighland Ridge Road (CR 8)Johnsons MillWV 9 Sleepy Creek BridgeMartinsburg Road (WV 9)Spohrs CrossroadsRestricted Height BridgeBurnt Mill Road (CR 1/3)Spohrs CrossroadsRiver Road BridgeRiver Road (CR 1)Sleepy CreekSleepy Creek Railroad BridgeBaltimore and Ohio RailroadSleepy Creek
Cities and towns along Sleepy Creek
Good Johnsons Mill New Hope Omps Ridge Sleepy Creek Smith Crossroads Spohrs Crossroads Stotlers Crossroads
See also List of West Virginia rivers List of Virginia rivers Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area
References
External links Sleepy Creek Watershed Association