| Lanes Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Rocky River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lanes Creek mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Anson (NC) Union (NC) |
| Length: | 37.19miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 144.89cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Lanes Creek and Little Richardson Creek |
| Source1 Location: | about 1 mile southeast of Alton, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 34.8744°N -80.5175°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 650feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Rocky River |
| Mouth Location: | about 5 miles northeast of Burnsville, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.1497°N -80.1789°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 213feet |
| Progression: | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries Left: | Gum Log Branch Wicker Branch Waxhaw Branch Cedar Branch Barkers Branch Beaverdam Creek Lick Branch Wide Mouth Branch Lacey Branch Blackwell Branch Rocky Branch Big Branch Canebreak Branch |
| Tributaries Right: | Mill Creek Carolina Creek Norkett Branch Cool Spring Branch Cedar Branch Deep Bottom Branch |
| Bridges: | Jack Davis Road, Dudley Road, Stack Road, Medlin Road, Belk Mill Road, US 601, Old Pageland-Monroe Road, Lanes Creek Road, White Store Road, Philadelphia Church Road, Landsford Road, Gilboa Road, Horne Road, Hasty Road, US 74, Smith Road, NC 218, Ponds Mill Road, NC 742, High Rock Crusher Road, Randall Road, |
Lanes Creek is a 37.19miles long 4th order tributary of the Rocky River in south-central North Carolina that drains Union County, North Carolina, and Anson County, North Carolina.[3]
Lanes Creek rises near Alton, North Carolina in Union County and flows southeast then turns northeast to flow through Anson County to the Rocky River.