MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

WATERWAYS

CREEKS

CREEKS (by county)


ALLEGANY COUNTY
[photo, Sailboats at piers, Back Creek, Annapolis, Maryland] ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Sailboats, Back Creek, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, October 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.



[photo, Crew team on College Creek, Annapolis, Maryland]
  • College Creek
  • Cornfield Creek
  • Cox Creek
  • Crab Creek
  • Cross Creek
  • Curtis Creek (from tract "Curtis Neck" patented 1663)
  • Cypress Creek
  • Crew team on College Creek, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, April 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Fords Creek (Upper West River), Anne Arundel County, Maryland] Fords Creek (Upper West River), Anne Arundel County, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Spa Creek, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland]
  • Sawmill Creek
  • Scaffold Creek
  • Sellman Creek
  • Shorts Creek
  • South Creek
  • Spa Creek (formerly Todds Creek)
  • Spa Creek, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

    [photo, Early morning at Stoney Creek, Pasadena, Maryland]

    Early morning at Stoney Creek, Pasadena (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, June 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Weems Creek, Annapolis, Maryland]
  • Weems Creek
  • Wharf Creek
  • Whitehall Creek
  • Whitemarsh Creek
  • Yant Creek
  • Weems Creek, Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

    [photo, Jones Falls, Baltimore, Maryland] BALTIMORE CITY

    Jones Falls, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.


    [photo, Long Green Creek, Glen Arm, Baltimore County, Maryland] BALTIMORE COUNTY
  • Armstrong Creek
  • Bear Creek
  • Beaver Dam Creek
  • Bread and Cheese Creek
  • Long Green Creek, Glen Arm (Baltimore County), Maryland, April 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.



    CALVERT COUNTY

    [photo, Sailboats docked on St. Leonard Creek (Calvert County), Maryland]

  • Back Creek
  • Battle Creek (Cypress Swamp) (named by Robert Brooke for his wife, Mary Baker, whose family came from Battle, England, which was named for Battle Abbey, founded to remember Battle of Hastings)
  • Ben Creek
  • Buzzard Island Creek
  • Chew Creek
  • Sailboats docked on St. Leonard Creek (Calvert County), Maryland, May 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    CAROLINE COUNTY

    CARROLL COUNTY


    [photo, Big Elk Creek, Elkton (Cecil County), Maryland] CECIL COUNTY

    Big Elk Creek, Elkton (Cecil County), Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.



    [photo, North East Creek, North East (Cecil County), Maryland]
  • North East Creek
  • Octoraro Creek (from Iroquois word meaning "rushing waters")
  • Pearce Creek
  • Perch Creek
  • North East Creek, Elkton (Cecil County), Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.


    CHARLES COUNTY

    DORCHESTER COUNTY

    FREDERICK COUNTY


    [photo, Owens Creek, Frederick County, Maryland]

    Owens Creek, Frederick County, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.


    [photo, Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland, Maryland] GARRETT COUNTY
  • Bear Creek
  • Beaver Creek
  • Cherry Creek
  • Church Creek
  • Crabtree Creek
  • Deep Creek (formerly Green Glades Creek)
  • Fork Creek
  • Georges Creek (formerly Lonaconin Creek)
  • Herrington Creek
  • Middle Fork Creek
  • Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland (Garrett County), Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    HARFORD COUNTY

    HOWARD COUNTY

    KENT COUNTY

    MONTGOMERY COUNTY

    PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

    QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

    ST. MARY'S COUNTY

    SOMERSET COUNTY

    TALBOT COUNTY


    [photo, Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield (Washington County), Maryland]
    WASHINGTON COUNTY

    Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield (Washington County), Maryland, October 2012. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.


    WICOMICO COUNTY

    WORCESTER COUNTY

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