Sycamore Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Crabtree Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sycamore Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Wake Durham |
Length: | 9.39miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Crabtree Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 17.26cuft/s at mouth with Crabtree Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Sycamore Creek and Lick Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 0.1 miles northeast of Lynns Crossroads, North Carolina |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.935°N -78.7506°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 440feet[4] |
Mouth: | Crabtree Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile west of Raleigh, North Carolina |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8464°N -78.7258°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 230feet |
Progression: | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Neuse River |
Tributaries Left: | Pots Branch Turkey Branch |
Waterbodies: | Big Lake Sycamore Lake |
Sycamore Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises in a pond near Lynns Crossroads in Durham County then flows southward to join Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina.[5] Sycamore Creek flows mostly through William B. Umstead State Park. The watershed is more forested at 43% than most in the Crabtree Creek watershed.