Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)
Wills Creek is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.
Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and enters the North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland.
Read more about Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River): Tributaries, History, Cumberland Flood Control System
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