Spout Run is a small

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in Arlington County,

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. From its source along

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, Spout Run flows on a northeastern course paralleling the Spout Run Parkway through a gorge and empties into the

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opposite the Three Sisters. With the exception of the adjacent parkway, Spout Run is surrounded predominantly by forests. In the 1950s the second branch of Spout Run was culverted under Kirkwood Road. The source for this branch was near Washington Boulevard. Originally the branch was called Breckin's Branch, named for the Reverend James Breckin. Later it became known as Ball's Branch, for the descendants of Moses Ball.

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Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Arlington County, Virginia Tributaries of the Potomac River {{Virginia-river-stub

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