Mattawoman Creek
Mattawoman Creek is a 30.0-mile-long coastal-plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, 20 miles downstream of Washington, D.C. It comprises a 23-mile river flowing through Prince George's and Charles counties and a 7-mile tidal-freshwater estuary in Charles County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: coastal plain tributary in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Mataughquamend”, “Matawoman Creeke”, “Matawomen Creeke”, “Mattawomans Creek”, “Mattawomen Creek”, “Pangayo”, “Saint Thomas Creeke”, and “Zachaia Swamp”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area and Smallwood State Park.
Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area
Nature reserve
Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area is a state Wildlife Management Area along Chickamuxen Creek near the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland. The area includes a variety of landforms from marshland to rolling forest. Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area is situated 1½ miles south of Mattawoman Creek.
Smallwood State Park
Nature reserve
Smallwood State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area located on Mattawoman Creek near Marbury, Charles County, Maryland. The state park preserves Smallwood's Retreat, the plantation home of former Continental Army officer and Governor of Maryland, Major General William Smallwood. Smallwood State Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Mattawoman Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chicamuxen and Rison.
Chicamuxen
Hamlet
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Chicamuxen is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Chicamuxen is located along Maryland Route 224, 1.5 miles east of Linton Point. Chicamuxen is situated 2½ miles south of Mattawoman Creek.
Rison
Hamlet
Rison is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The Rison post office was established in 1905, but the area's residents are now part of the 20640 zip code area for nearby Indian Head. Rison is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mattawoman Creek.
Potomac Shores station
Quarter
Potomac Shores station is a planned Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line station that will be located in Dumfries, Virginia. Construction is expected to begin no sooner than 2025. Potomac Shores station is situated 3 miles west of Mattawoman Creek.
Mattawoman Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Charles County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Mattawoman Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mattawoman Creek”
- Cebuano: “Mattawoman Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland)”
- Cebuano: “Mattawoman Creek”
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Localities in the Area
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