Trout Run is an 18.5 miles (29.8 km) tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Cacapon River

Cacapon River

The Cacapon River , located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region, is an river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, and scenery...

, belonging to the Potomac River

Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

 and Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...

 watersheds. The stream is located in Hardy County

Hardy County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 12,669 people, 5,204 households, and 3,564 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 7,115 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...

 in West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

's Eastern Panhandle. Trout Run rises between Devils Hole Mountain and Great North Mountain

Great North Mountain

Great North Mountain is a long mountain range within the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. The range is located west of the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain in Virginia, and east of the Allegheny Mountains and Cacapon River in West...

 near the Virginia

Virginia

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 state line in the George Washington National Forest. The stream empties into the Cacapon River at Wardensville

Wardensville, West Virginia

Wardensville is a town in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census. Originally named Trout Run, Wardensville was chartered in Virginia in 1832 and incorporated in West Virginia in 1879. It is named for the town's first merchant. It is home to Trout...

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Tributaries

Tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 streams are listed in order from south (source) to north (mouth).

• Deep Gutter Run
• Halfmoon Run
• Thorny Bottom Run

List of communities along Trout Run

• Rockland
  Rockland, Hardy County, West Virginia
  Rockland is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Originally, the community was known as Rockland Mills. Rockland is located within Trout Run Valley in the George Washington National Forest....
  
  
• Perry
  Perry, West Virginia
  Perry is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Perry lies in the Trout Run Valley of eastern Hardy County....
  
  
• Wardensville
  Wardensville, West Virginia
  Wardensville is a town in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census. Originally named Trout Run, Wardensville was chartered in Virginia in 1832 and incorporated in West Virginia in 1879. It is named for the town's first merchant. It is home to Trout...