Muddy Branch

{{short description|Tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, United States}}

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Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located about {{convert|14|mi|km}} northwest of Washington, D.C.

Course

The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for {{convert|11.9|mi}},U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed August 15, 2011 through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Pennyfield Lock, to the Potomac River.

Tributaries

Decoverly Tributary
Dufief Tributary
Lakes Tributary
Pennyfield Lock Tributary
Potomac Grove Tributary
Query Mill Tributary
Quince Orchard Knolls Tributary
Rich Branch
Route 28 Tributary

Recreation

Parts of Muddy Branch flow through Blockhouse Point Conservation Park and the Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park. The Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a {{convert|12|mi}} long natural surface trail that follows the stream from the Potomac River to Malcolm King Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland. There is a boat ramp on Muddy Branch just before it goes under the C & O Canal that can be used by small boats (such as canoes and kayaks) to access the Potomac River.{{cite web |url=https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/pennyfield-lock-neighborhood-conservation-area/|title=Pennyfield Lock Neighborhood Conservation Area|publisher=Montgomery County Department of Parks |date=2020-01-02 |access-date=2020-10-21}}

Muddy Branch and C and O Canal.jpg|Muddy Branch, crossing under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, just before emptying into the Potomac River

Muddy branch and trail 20201010 140036 1.jpg|Muddy Branch Stream and the Muddy Branch Greenway Trail

MuddyBranchatQOfacingWest.jpg|Muddy Branch near Quince Orchard Road in North Potomac, Maryland

Muddy branch morris park gaithersburg md 20201107 094800 1.jpg|Muddy Branch Stream behind Morris Park, Gaithersburg, Maryland

References

External links

[https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/Resources/Files/ReportsandPublications/Water/Watershed%20studies/Muddy-Branch-Watts-Branch-Subwatersheds-Implementation-Plan-12.pdf Muddy Branch and Watts Branch Subwatersheds Implementation Plan (2012)] - Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
[http://www.muddybranch.org Muddy Branch Alliance] - Community watershed group

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Category:Rivers of Montgomery County, Maryland

Category:Tributaries of the Potomac River

Category:Rivers of Maryland