Little River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Floyd VA, Montgomery VA, Pulaski VA |
Length: | 65miles |
Discharge1 Location: | Snowville, VA[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 31cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 359cuft/s |
Discharge1 Max: | 22800cuft/s |
Source1 Location: | Copper Hill, VA |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.0781°N -80.1117°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 2756feet |
Source2 Location: | Black Ridge, Floyd County, VA |
Source2 Coordinates: | 36.8578°N -80.3872°W |
Source2 Elevation: | 2487feet |
Source Confluence Location: | Floyd County, VA |
Source Confluence Coordinates: | 36.9708°N -80.3583°W |
Source Confluence Elevation: | 2123feet |
Mouth: | New River[2] |
Mouth Location: | Radford, Virginia, VA |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.0819°N -80.5778°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1795feet |
Tributaries Left: | Big Laurel Creek, Burks Run, Big Indian Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Big Branch, Brush Creek, Camp Creek, Dodd Creek |
The Little River, a tributary of the New River, is approximately 65 miles long in southwest Virginia in the United States.
It rises in two forks in Floyd County near the Blue Ridge Parkway. It flows NNW along the Floyd/Montgomery County line and then along the Pulaski/Montgomery County line and joins the New River just downstream from the Claytor Lake dam in Pulaski County near the city of Radford.
The middle and lower portion of this very scenic waterway is suitable for paddling mostly in the spring or after heavy rains. There are several Class 1,2 rapids and two class 3 rapids and one fairly treacherous Class 4 rapid. Portions are stocked with trout by the Virginia Division of Game and Inland Fisheries.