| Avents Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Avents Creek Creek mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Avents Creek mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Harnett County |
| Length: | 7.6miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 16.29cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
| Source1: | Buckhorn Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | Pond in Duncan, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.5397°N -78.8986°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 430feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
| Mouth Location: | about 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.4744°N -78.9117°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 119feet |
| Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | Mill Creek |
| Bridges: | Oakridge River Road, Cokesbury Road, River Road |
Avents Creek is a 7.6miles long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. The lower reaches flow through Raven Rock State Park.
Avents Creek rises in a pond in Duncan, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Cape Fear River about 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina.[4]
Avents Creek drains of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 403.31 and is about 50% forested.[2]