Via the Moormans, Rivanna and James rivers, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Doyles River" as the stream's official name in 1933.
[2] The Doyles River flows for its entire length in northwestern Albemarle County.
It rises in Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows generally southward to its confluence with the Moormans River, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Charlottesville.
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