Quantico Creek
Quantico Creek is a 13.7-mile-long partially tidal tributary of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. Quantico Creek rises southeast of Independent Hill, flows through Prince William Forest Park and Dumfries and empties into the Potomac at Possum Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: River
- Description: tributary of Potomac River
- Also known as: “Quanticott Creek”, “Quantiro Creek”, and “Yosockescomo Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quantico station and Weems–Botts Museum.
Quantico station
Railway station
Quantico station is a train station in Quantico, Virginia, served by two Amtrak trains and the Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. The existing station house was originally built by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1953.
Weems–Botts Museum
Museum
Photo: FieldMarine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street.
Graham Park Middle School
School
Prince William County Public Schools is a school division in Virginia with its headquarters in the Kelly Leadership Center located in the unincorporated community of Independent Hill in Prince William County, Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quantico and Triangle.
Quantico
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quantico is a military base and town in eastern Prince William County, Northern Virginia, situated on the Potomac River.
Triangle
Triangle is a census-designated place in southeastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,589 at the 2020 census. It is bounded to the south by the Marine Corps Base Quantico, which surrounds the town of Quantico.Southbridge
Quarter
Southbridge is an unincorporated master-planned community of over 1,500 homes with more than 5,000 residents located in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.
Quantico Creek
- Categories: stream and body of water
- Location: Prince William County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.54441° or 38° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
-77.29715° or 77° 17′ 50″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C4GPV3+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 21635210OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
4780704Wikidata ID
Q7268907
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Quantico Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Quantico Creek”
- Cebuano: “Quantico Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Quantico Creek”
- Japanese: “クアンティコ川”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Quantico Creek”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Graham Park Shores and Cardinal Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Community Pool and Possum Point Peaking Power.
Prince William County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Manassas, Quantico, Woodbridge, and Triangle.
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