| Rowanty Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Nottoway River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Map Alt: | Map of the mouth of Rowanty Creek |
| Pushpin Map: | Virginia |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the mouth of Rowanty Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sussex Prince George Dinwiddie |
| Length: | 22 km/14 miles[1] |
| Source1: | confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run |
| Source1 Location: | about 4 miles east of Dinwiddie, Virginia |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 37.0944°N -77.4736°W[2] |
| Source1 Elevation: | about 98 feet |
| Mouth: | confluence of Rowanty Creek and Nottoway River |
| Mouth Location: | about 2 miles northeast of Stony Creek, Virginia |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 36.9714°N -77.3461°W[3] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 50 feet amsl |
| Progression: | southeast |
| River System: | Nottoway River |
| Tributaries Left: | Hatcher Run Picture Branch Rocky Branch Arthur Swamp Warren Swamp |
| Tributaries Right: | Gravelly Run Little Cattail Creek Health Meadows Branch Fox Branch Harvells Branch Bolling Swamp Galley Swamp |
| Bridges: | Dinwiddie County 669 Dinwiddie County 703 US 301 I-95 Sussex County 602 |
Rowanty Creek is a 14-mile long creek that is a tributary to the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia. It is formed at the confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run.
Rowanty Creek flows southeast from its confluence source in a braided swamp. Along the way, it encounters a few constrictions that narrow the floodplain. A number of swamps are connected together near its mouth with the Nottoway River.
The confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run mark the source of Rowanty Creek. Hatcher Run is about 7 km/4 miles in length and arises at an elevation of about 310 feet near Poole Siding, Virginia.[4] Hatcher Run is impounded in two places, Jordon Lake and Speers Millpond. Gravelly Run at 17.5 km/11 miles is the longer of the two sources.[5] It arises at an elevation of 280 feet and has one impoundment, Wilkinson Pond.[6]
Rowanty Creek flows its entire distance through Coastal Plain alluvium. However, the two runs that form the creek start in Petersburg Granite that is part of the Piedmont.[7]