Dunlap Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the
Jackson River in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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. It is part of the
James River
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watershed.
The creek forms at
Earlehurst in
Alleghany County, Virginia
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, by the confluence of Back Creek and Sweet Springs Creek, both of which rise to the southwest in
Monroe County, West Virginia
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Monroe County was the home of A ...
. Dunlap Creek flows northeast, paralleled by
State Route 311 as far as the village of
Crows
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. The creek continues northeast, now followed by
State Route 159, past the villages of
Hematite
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and
Moss Run, then turns more easterly where it is crossed by
Interstate 64
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 70, I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and U.S. Route 61, US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern ter ...
east of
Callaghan. Now followed by
U.S. Route 60
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The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as General Booth Bouleva ...
, the creek passes the village of Dunlap Beach and joins the Jackson River north of the center of the city of
Covington.
See also
*
List of rivers of Virginia
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...
References
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
*
Rivers of Virginia
Tributaries of the James River
Rivers of Alleghany County, Virginia
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