Piney River (Thornton River)

Piney River
Country	United States
Basin features
Main source	Virginia

The Piney River is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km)^[1] river in the U.S. state of Virginia. Rising in the northern part of Shenandoah National Park, it is a tributary of the Thornton River, and via the Hazel and Rappahannock rivers is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

See also

List of rivers of Virginia

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piney River
Salmon, Emily J.; Campbell, Jr., Edward D. C. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.

Coordinates: 38°40′41″N 78°13′59″W / 38.67818°N 78.23306°W / 38.67818; -78.23306

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