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Calfpasture River

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Below Fridley Cove, the Calfpasture River continues flowing southwest, through the valley between Walker Mountain to the west and Great North Mountain to the east. The river passes the small town of Marble Valley, then Clayton Mill Creek joins, after which the river leaves Augusta County and enters
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Just south of Goshen the tributary Brattons Run joins the Calfpasture River, which then turns eastward, passing through a gap between Bratton Mountain and Knob Mountain. The Calfpasture River then joins the Little Calfpasture River. The confluence of the two marks the beginning of the Maury River.
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crosses the river at West Augusta. Continuing southwest, the river is joined by West Dry Branch from the east, then it enters Deerfield Valley, where the tributaries Tizzle Branch and Still Run join. Deerfield Valley is flanked by Shenandoah Mountain to the west and
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to the east. The Calfpasture River flows by the small town of Little Baltimore, after which one of its main tributaries, Hamilton Branch, joins. The Calfpasture River then flows out of Deerfield Valley and through Fridley Cove, where Fridley Branch joins.
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The tributary Braley Branch joins just before the Calfpasture River flows by the small settlement of West Augusta.
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the Calfpasture River is joined by Mill Creek from the west and Goshen Branch from the east.
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calfpasture River
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The Calfpasture River originates on the slopes of Gordons Peak, in
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follows the river from Goshen downstream to the Maury River.
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Location of the mouth of the Calfpasture River in Virginia
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Deerfield
Goshen
Calfpasture River is located in Virginia
Rockbridge County
Augusta County
Allegheny Mountains
Augusta County
38°20′32″N 79°18′15″W / 38.34222°N 79.30417°W / 38.34222; -79.30417
Mouth
Goshen
Rockbridge County
37°56′57″N 79°27′34″W / 37.94917°N 79.45944°W / 37.94917; -79.45944
Goshen
river
U.S. state
Virginia
source
Allegheny Mountains
confluence
Little Calfpasture River
Maury River
James River
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Augusta County
Shenandoah Mountain
George Washington National Forest
U.S. Route 250

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