| Little Stony Creek | |
| Image Alt: | A medium-sized river about ten feet across, flowing through a deeply cut gully with steep banks. The river cut exposes the rockiness of the ground. The rocks appear to be falling into the river as it continues to erode the gully. Trees on the bank are leaning into the gully and a thick forest fades off into the background. It is fall and the trees are bare and the forest floor is covered in colorful leaves. |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Shenandoah County |
| Mouth Location: | Stony Creek |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8943°N -78.6653°W |
| Waterbodies: | West End Reservoir |
| Length: | 6.8miles |
| Custom Label: | GNIS feature ID |
| Custom Data: | 1487056[1] |
Little Stony Creek is a 6.8 mile long river in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a first-order tributary of the North Fork Shenandoah River and the Potomac River.
The headwater of Little Stony Creek is at an altitude of about 3,000 feet, in a ravine between Sugar Knob and Mill Mountain, a few hundred feet from the Virginia-West Virginia border, about three miles northeast of Big Schloss.
At River Mile 1.9, Little Stony Creek is dammed by the West End Reservoir Dam (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation inventory number 17104 / Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams ID number VA17104). The dam is 388 feet long and 44 feet high[2] and impounds 18 million gallons of water that used to be the water source for the nearby town of Woodstock. The dam was built in 1957–1958. Use of the reservoir was discontinued in 1979 and the town now draws its water from the North Fork Shenandoah River.[3]
The river is accessible by the Little Stony Creek Trail, which is part of the Wolf Gap Recreation Area.