Hardware River

{{Short description|River in Virginia, United States}}

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

The Hardware River is a {{convert|23.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. It is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.

The Hardware River is formed by the confluence of its short north and south forks in southern Albemarle County and flows generally southeastwardly into southwestern Fluvanna County, where it joins the James River about {{convert|7|mi|0}} southeast of Scottsville.