Fifteen Mile Creek

Gertler, Ed; Maryland and Delaware Canoe Trails

Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from TopoZone.

Ed Evangelidi testifies:

Like Sideling Hill Creek, only with more interesting rapids (Class 2) and more strainers. Use lots of caution here in hunting season.

The following info from John Duke

I like to put-in just below I-68 on Fifteenmile creek road(gravel).The creek braids quite a bit in the first 2 miles,Requiring 3 tree carries (easy to spot)Then she drops into a nice gorge,the rapids pick up and the trees disappear.The rapids for the next 3 miles are class 2+ (3 in high water).After this you will come to a quarter mile long pool called Long Pond.Exit Long pond to the left and continue 1 bouncy mile to a nice lunch stop on river left..You will see picnic tables from the creek..These are greenridge state Forest campsites along Mountain road..After lunch the cliffs disappear but some nice rapids remain,there are two nice 2foot+ ledges (both have small horizon lines)Also there are 2 more tree carries(both easy to spot again)Soon you will come to the low-water bridge.You can take-out here or carry the bridge and continue 1 quarter mile to the public access along the Potomac River

Mark Brenneman - 9/13/2018.  Twelve paddlers gathered on Thursday for a somewhat rare trip down Fifteen Mile Creek. The water level was perfect (see below) and the weather was surprisingly balmy, with temperatures in the 70s. We put in below old route 40 on Fifteen Mile Creek Road, finding space for 2 cars, a pickup and a Sprinter van. The going was slow at first, with four portages in the first half mile. There were murmurs from the crew about abandoning ship and going back to the put in. I wondered if the harsh penalties for mutiny at sea applied to a Thursday Paddlers trip, but the mood soon brightened as we entered the gorge.

The remainder of the trip was beautiful and lots of fun. Strainers appeared at virtually every turn a

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