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The Anacostia River / æ n ə ˈ k ɒ s t i ə / is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Channel and ultimately empties into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point.
Northwest Branch Anacostia River is a 21.5-mile-long (34.6 km) [1] free-flowing stream in Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Anacostia River , which flows to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay .
Paint Branch is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km) tributary [1] stream of the Anacostia River that flows Southeastwards through Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland. Specifically, its primary tributary is of the Northeast Branch, which flows to the Anacostia River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
Northeast Branch Anacostia River is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) [1] free-flowing stream in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Anacostia River , which flows to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay .
This is a list of crossings of the Anacostia River and its two branches, the Northeast Branch Anacostia River and Northwest Branch Anacostia River. With the exception of the downstreammost crossings in Washington, D.C., all locations are in Maryland.
The Anacostia Tributary Trail System (ATTS) is a unified and signed system of stream valley trails joining trails along the Anacostia tributaries of Northwest Branch, Northeast Branch, Indian Creek and Paint Branch with a trail along the Anacostia River, set aside and maintained by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
The Northwest Branch Trail is a 21-mile (34 km) multi-use (hiking, biking, equestrian) trail that follows the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. It is part of the Rachel Carson Greenway and the Anacostia Tributary Trail System.
Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in Maryland. (The Anacostia, in turn, feeds into the Potomac River and eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean via Chesapeake Bay.) The creek is approximately 9.1 miles (14.6 km) long, [1] with a drainage area of about 11.6 square miles (30 km 2).