Sleepy Creek

For the unincorporated community in West Virginia, see Sleepy Creek, West Virginia.
Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek is located in West Virginia
Sleepy Creek
Location of the mouth of Sleepy Creek in West Virginia
Sleepy Creek is located in the United States
Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia, West Virginia
CountiesFrederick, Morgan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Whitacre, Frederick County, Virginia
 • coordinates39°21′17″N 78°20′39″W / 39.35472°N 78.34417°W / 39.35472; -78.34417[1]
MouthPotomac River
 • location
Sleepy Creek, Morgan County, West Virginia
 • coordinates
39°40′14″N 78°05′04″W / 39.67056°N 78.08444°W / 39.67056; -78.08444[1]
Length44 mi (71 km)

Sleepy Creek is a 44.0-mile-long (70.8 km)[2] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Sleepy Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011