Muddy Branch

Tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, United States

Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch Stream near Esworthy Rd
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Montgomery
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Gaithersburg, MD

Mouth	Potomac River
• location	North of Pennyfield Lock, Potomac, MD
• coordinates	39°03′16″N 77°17′37″W / 39.05444°N 77.29361°W / 39.05444; -77.29361
Length	11.9 miles (19.2 km)

Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Washington, D.C.

Course

The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for 11.9 miles (19.2 km),^[1] through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Pennyfield Lock, to the Potomac River.

Tributaries

Decoverly Tributary
Dufief Tributary
Lakes Tributary
Pennyfield Lock Tributary
Potomac Grove Tributary
Query Mill Tributary
Quince Orchard Knolls Tributary
Rich Branch
Route 28 Tributary

Recreation

Parts of Muddy Branch flow through Blockhouse Point Conservation Park and the Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park. The Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a 9 miles (14 km) long natural surface trail that runs from the Potomac River to Darnestown Road.^[2] along Muddy Branch. There is a boat ramp on Muddy Branch just before it goes under the C & O canal that can be used by small boats (such as canoes and kayaks) to access the Potomac River.^[3]

Different parts of Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch, crossing under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, just before emptying into the Potomac River
Muddy Branch Stream and the Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
Muddy Branch near Quince Orchard Road in North Potomac, Maryland
Muddy Branch Stream behind Morris Park, Gaithersburg, Maryland

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
^ "Muddy Branch Greenway Trail". Montgomery County Department of Parks. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
^ "Pennyfield Lock Neighborhood Conservation Area". Montgomery County Department of Parks. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

External links

Muddy Branch and Watts Branch Subwatersheds Implementation Plan (2012) - Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
Muddy Branch Alliance - Community watershed group

Potomac River system

Cities and towns
Bridges
Islands
Tributaries
Variant names
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Streams shown as: Major tributaries
- subtributaries
- (subsubtributaries)
- (subsubsubtributaries)

Upper Potomac River
North Branch Potomac River South Branch Potomac River Town Creek Little Cacapon River North Fork Little Cacapon River South Fork Little Cacapon River Fifteenmile Creek Sideling Hill Creek Cacapon River Lost River Trout Run Capon Springs Run Dillons Run Edwards Run Mill Branch North River (Grassy Lick Run) (Tearcoat Creek) (Bearwallow Creek) Sir Johns Run Warm Spring Run Tonoloway Creek Little Tonoloway Creek Sleepy Creek Meadow Branch Licking Creek Cherry Run Back Creek Hogue Creek Isaacs Creek Tilhance Creek Little Conococheague Creek Conococheague Creek Back Creek Opequon Creek Abrams Creek Mill Creek Middle Creek Tuscarora Creek (West Virginia)

Upper Potomac River

North Branch Potomac River
South Branch Potomac River
Town Creek
Little Cacapon River
- North Fork Little Cacapon River
- South Fork Little Cacapon River
Fifteenmile Creek
Sideling Hill Creek
Cacapon River
- Lost River
- Trout Run
- Capon Springs Run
- Dillons Run
- Edwards Run
- Mill Branch
- North River
- (Grassy Lick Run)
- (Tearcoat Creek)
- (Bearwallow Creek)
Sir Johns Run
Warm Spring Run
Tonoloway Creek
- Little Tonoloway Creek
Sleepy Creek
Meadow Branch
Licking Creek
Cherry Run
Back Creek
Hogue Creek
Isaacs Creek
Tilhance Creek
Little Conococheague Creek
Conococheague Creek
Back Creek
Opequon Creek
Abrams Creek
Mill Creek
Middle Creek
Tuscarora Creek (West Virginia)

Lower Potomac River
Antietam Creek Shenandoah River Little Catoctin Creek Catoctin Creek (Virginia) Catoctin Creek (Maryland) Tuscarora Creek (Maryland) Monocacy River Rock Creek Marsh Creek Alloway Creek Piney Creek Toms Creek (Middle Creek) Double Pipe Creek (Big Pipe Creek) (Little Pipe Creek) Owens Creek Big Hunting Creek Tuscarora Creek Carroll Creek Linganore Creek Israel Creek Bush Creek Ballenger Creek Bennett Creek Little Monocacy River Goose Creek Little River Broad Run (Virginia) Sugarland Run Broad Run (Maryland) Seneca Creek Dry Seneca Creek Little Seneca Creek (Tenmile Creek) Great Seneca Creek Muddy Branch Watts Branch Difficult Run Rock Run Dead Run Cabin John Creek Little Falls Branch

Lower Potomac River

Antietam Creek
Shenandoah River
Little Catoctin Creek
Catoctin Creek (Virginia)
Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
Tuscarora Creek (Maryland)
Monocacy River
- Rock Creek
- Marsh Creek
- Alloway Creek
- Piney Creek
- Toms Creek
- (Middle Creek)
- Double Pipe Creek
- (Big Pipe Creek)
- (Little Pipe Creek)
- Owens Creek
- Big Hunting Creek
- Tuscarora Creek
- Carroll Creek
- Linganore Creek
- Israel Creek
- Bush Creek
- Ballenger Creek
- Bennett Creek
Little Monocacy River
Goose Creek
- Little River
Broad Run (Virginia)
Sugarland Run
Broad Run (Maryland)
Seneca Creek
- Dry Seneca Creek
- Little Seneca Creek
- (Tenmile Creek)
- Great Seneca Creek
Muddy Branch
Watts Branch
Difficult Run
Rock Run
Dead Run
Cabin John Creek
Little Falls Branch

Tidal Potomac River
Pimmit Run Gulf Branch Donaldson Run Maddox Branch Windy Run Spout Run Foundry Branch Rock Creek Piney Branch Boundary Channel Tiber Creek Rocky Run Washington Channel Anacostia River Pope Branch Watts Branch Hickey Run Northwest Branch Sligo Creek Northeast Branch Paint Branch Four Mile Run Oxon Creek Hunting Creek Cameron Run Broad Creek Henson Creek Swan Creek Piscataway Creek Little Hunting Creek Dogue Creek Accotink Creek Daniels Run Pohick Creek Pomonkey Creek Occoquan River Bull Run Broad Run Cedar Run Neabsco Creek Powells Creek Mattawoman Creek Chicamuxen Creek Quantico Creek Little Creek Chopawamsic Creek Tank Creek Aquia Creek Potomac Creek Accokeek Creek Nanjemoy Creek Port Tobacco River Popes Creek (Maryland) Gambo Creek Piccowaxen Creek Upper Machodoc Creek Cuckold Creek Wicomico River Monroe Creek Mattox Creek Popes Creek (Virginia) St. Marys River Yeocomico River Coan River Hull Creek

Tidal Potomac River

Pimmit Run
Gulf Branch
Donaldson Run
Maddox Branch
Windy Run
Spout Run
Foundry Branch
Rock Creek
- Piney Branch
Boundary Channel
Tiber Creek
Rocky Run
Washington Channel
Anacostia River
- Pope Branch
- Watts Branch
- Hickey Run
- Northwest Branch
  - Sligo Creek
- Northeast Branch
  - Paint Branch
Four Mile Run
Oxon Creek
Hunting Creek
- Cameron Run
Broad Creek
Henson Creek
Swan Creek
Piscataway Creek
Little Hunting Creek
Dogue Creek
Accotink Creek
- Daniels Run
Pohick Creek
Pomonkey Creek
Occoquan River
- Bull Run
- Broad Run
- Cedar Run
Neabsco Creek
Powells Creek
Mattawoman Creek
Chicamuxen Creek
Quantico Creek
Little Creek
Chopawamsic Creek
Tank Creek
Aquia Creek
Potomac Creek
- Accokeek Creek
Nanjemoy Creek
Port Tobacco River
Popes Creek (Maryland)
Gambo Creek
Piccowaxen Creek
Upper Machodoc Creek
Cuckold Creek
Wicomico River
Monroe Creek
Mattox Creek
Popes Creek (Virginia)
St. Marys River
Yeocomico River
Coan River
Hull Creek

North Branch Potomac River
Stony River Abram Creek Savage River Georges Creek Laurel Run New Creek Limestone Run Warrior Run Wills Creek Brush Creek Little Wills Creek Evitts Creek Patterson Creek Mill Creek Dans Run Green Spring Run

South Branch Potomac River
North Fork South Branch Potomac River Laurel Fork Mill Creek Seneca Creek South Fork South Branch Potomac River Kettle Creek Lunice Creek Mill Run Mill Creek Big Run Buffalo Creek

Shenandoah River
North Fork Shenandoah River Cedar Creek Smith Creek South Fork Shenandoah River North River (Middle River) South River

Lakes and reservoirs
Lake Accotink Lake Anne Lake Artemesia Lake Bernard Frank Lake Braddock Breckenridge Reservoir Brushy Fork Lake Burke Lake Dalecarlia Reservoir Georgetown Reservoir Jennings Randolph Lake Kingman Lake Little Seneca Lake McMillan Reservoir Mount Storm Lake Lake Needwood Sleepy Creek Lake Stony River Reservoir Tidal Basin Trout Pond Warden Lake

v t e Waters of Maryland
Bays/estuaries	Assawoman Chesapeake Chincoteague Curtis Bay Eastern Fishing Herring Isle of Wight Mallows Newport Pocomoke Sinepuxent Tangier
Rivers	Anacostia Annemessex (Big) Annemessex (Little) Back Bird Blackwater Blackwater (Little) Bohemia Bush Casselman Chester Chicamacomico Choptank Choptank (Little) Christina Corsica Elk Front Gunpowder Hawlings Jones Falls Magothy Magothy (Little) Manokin Middle Miles Monocacy Monocacy (Little) Nanticoke North North East Patapsco Patuxent Pocomoke Port Tobacco Potomac Rhode St. Martin St. Marys Sassafras Savage Severn South Susquehanna Transquaking Tred Avon Warwick West Wicomico (Potomac) Wicomico Wye Wye East Youghiogheny
Creeks, runs, streams	Antietam Alloway Arundel Cove Ballenger Bear (Patapsco) Bear (Sideling Hill) Bear (Youghiogheny) Beaverdam Bennett Big Hunting Big Pipe Bodkin Bonnie Branch Bread and Cheese Broad (Choptank) Broad (Potomac) Broad (Susquehanna) Broad Run Budds Bush Cabin John Carroll Catoctin Catoctin (Little) Chicamuxen Collington Branch Conococheague Conococheague (Little) Conowingo Cuckold Curtis Deep Run Deer Dividing Dorsey Run Double Pipe Dry Seneca Dueling Dundee Evitts Fifteenmile Fishing Flintstone Frog Mortar Furnace Georges Great Seneca Green Branch Greys Gwynns Falls Harris Henson Herbert Run Herring Run Honga Hunting (Little) Indian (Anacostia) Indian (Patuxent) Israel Laurel Run Licking Linganore Little Falls Little Falls Branch Little Pipe Little Seneca Lyons Main Marley Marsh Marshyhope Mattawoman Meekins Middle Mill Branch Minnehaha Branch Moores Run Muddy Branch Nanjemoy Nassawango Northeast Branch Anacostia River Northwest Branch Anacostia River Octoraro Owens Otter Point Oxon Paint Branch Parsons Piney Piscataway Plumtree Branch Pomonkey Principio Rock (Potomac) Rock Run Rockburn Branch Roland Run Romney St. Leonard Saltpeter Sams Sellman Seneca (Middle) Seneca (Potomac) Sideling Hill Slaughter Sligo Soapstone Branch Stony Stony Run Swanson Tenmile Creek Thoms Cove Toms Tonoloway Town (Patuxent) Town (Potomac) Town (Tred Avon) Towson Run Trappe Tuckahoe Turville Tuscarora (Monocacy) Tuscarora (Potomac) Tuscarora (Little) Watts Branch Western Run Wills Winters Run
Lakes	Allen Pond Artemesia Buckel's Bog Centennial Deep Creek Elkhorn Bernard Frank Jennings Randolph Kittamaqundi Little Seneca Needwood Quarry Lake Roland Parker Pond Schumaker Pond Woodward Pond Youghiogheny
Reservoirs	Dalecarlia Habeeb Liberty Loch Raven Piney Run Prettyboy Rocky Gorge Triadelphia