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Otter Creek
Country United States
State Tennessee
Physical characteristics
Main source Radnor Lake
594 ft (181 m)
River mouth Little Harpeth River
Length 6.5 mi (10.5 km)

Otter Creek is a 6.5-mile-long (10.5 km) creek in Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the effluent of Radnor Lake, and flows through Radnor Lake State Natural Area. It is a tributary of the Little Harpeth River, and via the Little Harpeth, Harpeth, Cumberland, and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

The creek gets its name because it once contained river otters.

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