| Pocket Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Deep River |
| Image Alt: | View of the entrance to Gilliam Park covered bridge |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pocket Creek mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pocket Creek mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lee |
| Length: | 16.44miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Deep River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 42.61cuft/s at mouth with Deep River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Pocket Creek, Herds Creek, and Little Crane Creek |
| Source1 Location: | White Hill, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.3864°N -79.2794°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 475feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Deep River |
| Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.5342°N -79.2803°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 208feet |
| Progression: | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Deep River |
| Tributaries Left: | Dry Fork Little Pocket Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Raccoon Creek |
| Bridges: | Villanow Drive, Chris Cole Road, Center Church Road, Covered Bridge Lane, Henley Road, Steel Bridge Road, Carbonton Road (NC 42) |
Pocket Creek is a 16.44miles long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee County, North Carolina. The longest covered bridge (Gilliam Park Covered Bridge) in North Carolina crosses this creek.[5]
Pocket Creek rises in a pond in White Hill, North Carolina and then flows north to join the Deep River about 1.5 miles south of Gulf, North Carolina.[6]
Pocket Creek drains of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 390.19 and is about 63% forested.[2]