Potomac

0.3 Fifteen Mile Creek Boat Ramp to Hancock, MD

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DifficultyI
Length16.8 mi
Avg Gradientn/a
GaugePotomac River at Hancock, Md
Flow Rate as of 48 minutes
3.33 ftlow runnable
Reach Info Last UpdatedSeptember 2, 2023

River Description

The first campground below Little Orleans is Indigo Neck C&O hiker/biker (1.5 miles below Little Orleans), There is river access at Pearre (4.5 miles below Little Orleans), just below Sideling Hill Creek.  The Cacapon river joins the Potomac on the West Virginia side at Great Cacapon and there is a Cacapon Junction C&O hiker/biker campground on the Maryland side (7.3 miles below Little Orleans).  Another river access is available at the Cohill Station boat ramp (9.2 miles below Little Orleans).  There are two more C&O campgrounds, Leopard Mill (11 miles below Little Orleans) and White Rock (14.4 miles below Little Orleans).  Take-out is at the Little Tonoloway Day Use Recreation Area in Hancock, MD (16.5 miles below Little Orleans).


River Features

Put In - Little Orleans, MD.

Distance: 0 mi
Put In - Little Orleans, MD.

Put-in is at the boat ramp at the mouth of Fifteen Mile Creek at Little Orleans, MD.  Maryland side.

Pierre River Access

Distance: 4.57 mi
Access Point

Pierre River Access.

Cohill Station River Access

Distance: 9.2 mi
Access Point
Cohill Station River Access

Cohill Station River Access.

Take Out - Hancock, MD.

Distance: 16.5 mi
Take Out
Take Out - Hancock, MD.

Take-out is at the Hancock Boat Ramp at the Little Tonoloway Day Use Recreation Area in Hancock, MD (16.5 miles below Little Orleans).


Tony Allred
Tony Allred

May 19, 2023


Tony Allred
Tony Allred

Jan 1, 1900


Sheila Chapelle on the Potomac at Hancock, MD