Tred Avon River Third Haven River | |
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![]() The Tred Avon from the Oxford–Bellevue Ferry at Oxford | |
Etymology | Corruption of "Third Haven" |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland |
Region | Eastern Shore |
Cities | Easton, Oxford |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Seth Demonstration Forest |
• coordinates | 38°45′12.4164″N 76°02′03.7824″W / 38.753449000°N 76.034384000°W |
• elevation | 65 ft (20 m) |
Mouth | Choptank River |
• location | Benoni Point |
• coordinates | 38°40′02.4276″N 76°11′08.8002″W / 38.667341000°N 76.185777833°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Papermill Pond, Jacks Creek, Playtors Creek, Peachblossom Creek, Trippe Creek, Goldsborough Creek, Town Creek |
• right | Dixon Creek, Shipshead Creek, Maxmore Creek, Plaindealing Creek, Fox Hole Creek |
The Tred Avon River (a corruption of "Third Haven River") is a main tributary of the Choptank River in Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The river is 17 miles (27 km) long.[1]