| Cameron Run | |
|---|---|
 Cameron Run seen from the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro, looking downriver towards the Potomac | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Virginia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Hunting Creek |
• coordinates | 38°47′31″N 77°03′22″W / 38.792°N 77.056°W |
| Length | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) |
Cameron Run is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km)[1] tributary stream of the Potomac River, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. A third-order stream, it is formed by the confluence of Backlick Run and Holmes Run. It flows eastward from Alexandria and forms the border between Fairfax County and Alexandria before opening into Hunting Creek and then into the Potomac River. The lower course near Eisenhower Avenue is largely channelized and flows just north of the Capital Beltway until it crosses under it near Telegraph Road[2] The lower 1 mile (1.6 km) or so is tidal and was navigable in colonial times. Cameron Run Regional Park, a water park, lies along a portion of the stream. Cameron Run is part of the Cameron Run Watershed, which encompasses a total of 44 square miles (110 km2) in Northern Virginia (33 square miles (85 km2) in Fairfax County). The Watershed is made up of eight subwatersheds: Tripps Run, Upper Holmes Run, Lower Holmes Run, Turkeycock Run, Backlick Run, Indian Run, Pike Branch, and Cameron Run and its tributaries.[3]
- ^ 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
- ^ "Cameron Run". Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2010..
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
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