Little River (Goose Creek tributary) explained

Little River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Loudoun County, Fauquier County
Length:23.4miles
Source1 Location:Marshall
Source1 Coordinates:38.8815°N -77.808°W
Mouth:Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary)
Mouth Location:Aldie
Mouth Coordinates:39.0209°N -77.6014°W
Mouth Elevation:259feet
River System:Goose Creek

Little River is a 23.4adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary stream of Goose Creek in Fauquier and Loudoun counties in Northern Virginia. Via Goose Creek, it is a tributary of the Potomac River.

The stream rises to the east of Marshall in Fauquier County and flows northwards along the western base of the Bull Run Mountains to Aldie, where it passes between the Bull Run Mountains and Catoctin Mountain. It then flows northward along the eastern slope of the latter mountain, joining Goose Creek east of Oatlands.

The Little River Turnpike (present-day U.S. Route 50/State Route 236) derives its name from the stream, as its western terminus was at the Little River in Aldie where it intersected the Ashby's Gap Turnpike and Snickersville Turnpike.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011