Seneca Creek (North Fork South Branch Potomac River)

Not to be confused with Seneca Creek in Maryland, a tributary of the Potomac River upstream of Great Falls, Maryland.
Seneca Creek
River
Seneca Creek just upstream of its mouth
Country United States
State West Virginia
Counties Pendleton
Source Slab Camp Run [1]
 - location Allegheny Mountain, Pendleton County, WV
 - elevation 3,912 ft (1,192 m) [2]
 - coordinates 38°43′29″N 79°33′23″W / 38.72472°N 79.55639°W / 38.72472; -79.55639
Secondary source Trussel Run [3]
 - location Spruce Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV
 - elevation 3,944 ft (1,202 m) [4]
 - coordinates 38°42′47″N 79°32′31″W / 38.71306°N 79.54194°W / 38.71306; -79.54194
Source confluence
 - location Pendleton County, WV
 - elevation 3,747 ft (1,142 m) [3]
 - coordinates 38°43′04″N 79°32′46″W / 38.71778°N 79.54611°W / 38.71778; -79.54611
Mouth North Fork South Branch Potomac River [5]
 - location Seneca Rocks, WV
 - elevation 1,532 ft (467 m)
 - coordinates 38°09′42″N 81°11′47″W / 38.16167°N 81.19639°W / 38.16167; -81.19639Coordinates: 38°09′42″N 81°11′47″W / 38.16167°N 81.19639°W / 38.16167; -81.19639

Seneca Creek is a 19.6-mile-long (31.5 km)[6] tributary of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River located entirely within Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.

Seneca Creek lies within the Appalachian Mountains, in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest. It is formed by two spring-fed streams, Slab Camp Run and Trussel Run, on the western flanks of Spruce Mountain to the north of Spruce Knob. It empties into the North Fork of the South Branch at the community of Seneca Rocks near the base of the Seneca Rocks sandstone cliff formation.

Recreation

Seneca Creek is popular destination for anglers, hikers, and backpackers. In 1999 it was named one of the 100 best trout streams in the United States.[7] It holds native brook trout from the northern strain as well as wild rainbow trout.[8]

The upper portion of the creek is paralleled by the Seneca Creek Trail, a 5 mile trail that begins at the Eastern Continental Divide on National Forest Road 112 and ends at its junction with the Horton Trail. The trail is part of the Seneca Creek Backcountry trail system, a 60 mile network of trails that extends from the Eastern Continental Divide down into the towns of Whitmer and Onego and is bounded by Gandy Creek to the west and Spruce Mountain to the east.[9]

Tributaries

Tributary streams are listed from south (source) to north (mouth).

Communities along Seneca Creek

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slab Camp Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-06-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Slab Camp Run Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  3. 1 2 "Trussel Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-06-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Trussel Run Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Seneca Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-06-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Ross, John (1999). America's 100 Best Trout Streams (3 ed.). Lyons Press. ISBN 0762780312.
  8. ↑ Slar, JMA. "Seneca Creek West Virginia". Trout Pro. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ↑ deHart, Allen; Sundquist, Bruce (1999). Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide. West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. ISBN 0961655321.

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