Mill Run is a
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, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary
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stream
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of the
South Branch Potomac River
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, belonging to the
Potomac River
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and
Chesapeake Bay
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watershed
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s.
The stream is located in
Hampshire County in the
Eastern Panhandle
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of the
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of
West Virginia
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. Mill Run rises on Nathaniel Mountain and flows northeast, then northwest into the South Branch south of
Romney near
Hampshire Park
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on
South Branch River Road
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(West Virginia Secondary Route 8).
Headwaters and course
Mill Run's headwaters lie in a hollow between
South Branch Mountain
South Branch Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest to northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in the Eastern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, rising to its greatest elevation of 3,028 feet (923 m) above sea-level in ...
(3028 feet) and
Nathaniel Mountain
Nathaniel Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of above sea-level. The mountain is bound at its western flank by the South Br ...
(2739 feet) in the
Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located on south of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia. The wildlife management area's principle access road is off Grassy Lick Road (County Route 10). Nathaniel Mountain is owned by the West ...
. The stream runs northeast, then northwest, where it is met with a number of trails and old lumbering roads used by fishermen and hunters that utilize the WMA. Two small unnamed streams also born from hollows in Nathaniel Mountain join Mill Run as it flows toward
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. After passing through Peterkin, Mill Run adjoins Hampshire Park and its
4-H
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camp facilities such as its
council circle
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and makes its way past the old Pancake Schoolhouse. Mill Run then flows under South Branch River Road and empties into the South Branch near Riverview Farm.
Bridges
Trout fishing
Mill Run is not stocked anymore.
See also
*
List of West Virginia rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exc ...
References
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Rivers of Hampshire County, West Virginia
Rivers of West Virginia
Tributaries of the Potomac River