Accotink Creek

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Accotink Creek

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| name_other = Tributary to Potomac River

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| nickname =

| image = Accotink Creek Trail-6 (3613894490).jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Cycling trail over Accotink Creek

| image_alt = Image of Accotink Creek

| map =

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| map_caption = Mouth of Accotink Creek

| map_alt = Map of Accotink Creek mouth

| pushpin_map = Virginia#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Accotink Creek mouth

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Virginia

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Fairfax

| subdivision_type4 = City

| subdivision_name4 = Fairfax

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| length = {{convert|23.86|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |access-date=11 March 2020}}

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| discharge1_location= Potomac River (Accotink Bay)

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|61.46|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Potomac River{{cite web |title=Accotink River Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=22340789 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=11 March 2020}}

| discharge1_max =

| source1 = Difficult Run divide

| source1_location = Cobbdale, Virginia

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38|51|05|N|077|19|18|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Accotink Creek |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1478094,Accotink%20Creek |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |access-date=11 March 2020}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|360|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Accotink Creek Topo Map, Fairfax County VA (Fort Belvoir Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/virginia/fairfax-va/stream/accotink-creek/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=en}}

| mouth = Potomac River (Accotink Bay)

| mouth_location = Fort Belvior Military Reservation

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38|41|56|N|077|09|40|W|display=inline}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = southeast

| river_system = Potomac River

| basin_size = {{convert|52.83|sqmi}}

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| tributaries_left = Bear Run
Long Branch
Flag Run
Calomo Branch
Field Lark Branch
Long Branch

| tributaries_right = Crock Branch
Turkey Run
Long Branch

| waterbodies = Lake Accotink

| waterfalls =

| bridges = Hill Street, Scott Drive, Warwick Avenue, US 29, Keith Avenue, Rust Hill Place, Chain Bridge Road, University Drive, US 50 (x2), Old Lee Hwy, Pickett Road, Barkley Drive, Prosperity Avenue, Woodburn Road, King Arthur Road, Accotink Drive, VA 236, VA 620, Old Keene Mill Road, VA 289, Hooes Road, Barta Road, VA 286, Fullerton Road, I-95, Telegraph Road, Ehlers Road, John J. Kingman Road, US 1, Poe Road

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Accotink Creek is a {{convert|25.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. At Springfield, Virginia, Accotink Creek is dammed to create Lake Accotink. The stream empties into the Potomac at Gunston Cove's Accotink Bay, to the west of Fort Belvoir.