Walker Creek (West Virginia)

Walker Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, 15.6 miles (25.1 km) long,[3] in western West Virginia in the United States.

It rises approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the community of Deerwalk and flows generally southeastward, through the community of Walker, to join the Little Kanawha River approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the community of Kanawha,[5] 11.3 miles (18.2 km) upstream of the Little Kanawha River's mouth in Parkersburg.

[6] According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 91% of the Walker Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous.

[4] A portion of the creek’s course near its headwaters was impounded in 1979 for recreational purposes, forming the 41-acre (17 ha) Mountwood Park Lake.

[7] Portions of the creek’s lower course are paralleled by the North Bend Rail Trail, a former line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.