Middle River (Maryland)

Middle River is an estuary in Baltimore County, Maryland, located about 5 miles (8 km) east of the city of Baltimore. The estuary extends from the community of Middle River, north of the Martin Plaza Shopping Center, to the southeast for about 4 miles (6.4 km), to the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of Middle River is 12 square miles (31 km²), and includes Martin State Airport.

Tributaries of Middle River

Clockwise from the southern edge of its mouth, they are:

• Sue Creek
• Hogpen Creek
• Norman Creek
• Hopkins Creek
• Upper Middle River (no separate name)
• Dark Head Creek; its nontidal portion is Cowpens Run; Martins Lagoon is the upper tidal portion near Martin State Airport (neither of the latter two names are official feature names in GNIS)
• Stansbury Creek
• Frog Mortar Creek
• Galloway Creek

See also

• List of Maryland rivers

References

• Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM). Towson, MD. "Middle River Watershed." Accessed 2009-07-31.
• DEPRM. "Water Quality Management Plan for Middle River Watershed." Executive Summary. March 2001. Includes a watershed map on page 3.
• United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. "Middle River." Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Accessed 2009-07-31.