| Hanging Dog Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Hiawassee River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hanging Dog mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Hanging Dog mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cherokee |
| Length: | 14.57miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Hiawassee River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 120.86cuft/s at mouth with Hiawassee River[2] |
| Source1: | Hyatt Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | Hanging Dog Gap |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.2133°N -83.9675°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3450feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Hiawassee River |
| Mouth Location: | Hiawassee Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.1061°N -84.0758°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1525feet |
| Progression: | Hiawassee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River System: | Hiawassee River |
| Basin Population: | Swannanoa River → French Broad River → |
| Tributaries Left: | Will Creek Augen Branch Grindstone Branch Davis Creek Cook Creek Dockery Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Bear Creek Owl Creek Bates Creek |
| Bridges: | Clearview Lane, Boiling Springs Road (x2), Woody Branch Road, Boiling Springs Road (x3), Running Deer Lane, Boiling Springs Road (x2), Hanging Dog Road, Tranquil Valley Lane, Ed Graves Road (x2), Ebenezer Road, McDonald Road, Haven Lane, Joe Brown Highway |
Hanging Dog Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a tributary to the Hiwassee River.
Some say the name Hanging Dog is a corruption of "Hanging Maw", a local Cherokee, while others believe the name stems from an incident when Indian's dog was "hung up" in river debris before being rescued.[5]