Cherry Run is a 7.2-mile-long (11.6 km)[1] meanderingstream that forms the northern section of the boundary betweenMorgan andBerkeley counties inWest Virginia'sEastern Panhandle.[2] While it is mostly non-navigable, Cherry Run provides manypools of varying depths forfishing and swimming. As atributary of thePotomac River, Cherry Run is part of the Potomac andChesapeake Baywatersheds.
Cherry Run is formed by mountainsprings on the northern flanks ofThird Hill Mountain (2,172 feet) south of Paines Knob (1,352 feet). From its source, it acts as a natural boundary between Morgan and Berkeley Counties. Cherry Run flows southeast through theSleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area via a gap inShort Mountain (1,375 feet). Its direction shifts northeastward following along the eastern flanks of Short Mountain. Through Sleepy Hollow, Cherry Run is dammed to createSleepy Hollow Lake. Further north, it is joined by three unnamed spring-fed streams. Cherry Run shifts eastward away from Short Mountain, running underWest Virginia Route 9 and by the community ofHolton. From Holton, the stream curves northeast running parallel to the east of Sleepy Creek Road (CR 5). Cherry Run meanders eastward to the south of its namesake, the town ofCherry Run. After flowing under the bridges of Camp Hill Road and theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cherry Run empties into the Potomac River directly across from the community ofBig Pool,Maryland.
TheWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources owns a public access site with several concrete ramps for small boats at the mouth of Cherry Run for fishing.
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