Evitts Creek is a
tributary stream of the
North Branch Potomac River in the
U.S. states of
Pennsylvania and
Maryland. The
confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River is located two miles (3 km) east of
Cumberland, Maryland.
Evitts Creek is long. It flows from Southwestern Pennsylvania through
Northwestern Maryland. The stream rises in central
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and flows southwest between
Evitts Mountain ridge and
Wills Mountain ridge, through the
Koon and
Gordon Reservoirs and into the North Branch Potomac River southeast of Cumberland, Maryland at 39°55'N 78°36'W.
Evitts Creek and Evitts Mountain are named in honor of an early pioneer in
Allegany County, Maryland who in the 1780s decided to contemplate his bachelorhood from the isolated top of what is today called
Evitts Mountain, far from the distractions of society. At the top of the over-1,000-foot (305-m) Evitts Mountain ridge is what is supposedly his old homestead, from which he would return by the same route every day hiking a steep trail, today called Evitts Homestead Trail. Evitts Creek runs past the eastern base of Evitts Mountain, into what is today
Rocky Gap State Parkhttp://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/rockygapguide.html.The water supply of
Cumberland, Maryland is provided by Evitts Creek.
Brook trout are native to Evitts Creek as well as the surrounding area, but current populations are limited to nonexistent. Trout are stocked annually in both Pennsylvania and...
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