Carroll Creek (Maryland) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek in Frederick, Maryland
Watershed map showing Carroll Creek
Native name	Walkwaki Methtegui
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Cities	Frederick, Tuscarora
Physical characteristics
Main source	Tuscarora, MD 39°27′40″N 77°29′05″W / 39.461057°N 77.484649°W / 39.461057; -77.484649
River mouth	Monocacy River Frederick, MD 39°25′37″N 77°22′47″W / 39.427029°N 77.379766°W / 39.427029; -77.379766
Length	8.3 mi (13.4 km)
Basin features
Tributaries	Left: Culler Lake Right: Rock Creek (Potomac River)

Carroll Creek is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km) tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the eastern slopes of Catoctin Mountain, southeast of Gambrill State Park. The stream runs roughly east through the city of Frederick to the Monocacy, which drains to the Potomac River. The Shawnee Indians, who called the Monocacy River Monnockkesey (which translates as “river with many bends”), named Carroll Creek Walkwaki Methtegui, (which translates as "down in the gully creek").