Cherrystone Creek
Cherrystone Creek is a 13.36 mi (21.50 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Banister River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
| Cherrystone Creek Tributary to Banister River | |
|---|---|
Location of Cherrystone Creek mouth Cherrystone Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Pittsylvania |
| City | Chatham |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Potter Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Redeye, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°55′01″N 079°27′56″W |
| • elevation | 970 ft (300 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 2 miles southwest of Motleys Mill, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°48′26″N 079°20′23″W |
• elevation | 558 ft (170 m) |
| Length | 13.36 mi (21.50 km) |
| Basin size | 45.52 square miles (117.9 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Banister River |
| • average | 57.03 cu ft/s (1.615 m3/s) at mouth with Banister River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pole Bridge Branch Whites Branch Tanyard Branch Little Cherrystone Creek |
| • right | Roaring Fork Green Rock Branch |
| Waterbodies | Cherrystone Lake |
| Bridges | Old Red Eye Road, Anderson Mill Road, Hodnetts Mill Road, VA 57, US 29, Davis Road, Fairview Road |
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