BIG WALNUT CREEK

Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio in Morrow County. It flows south to eastern Delaware County and parallels Alum Creek. It passes to the east of Sunbury and into Hoover Reservoir. The reservoir crosses into Franklin County and flows through Gahanna and Whitehall. Near Obetz it is joined by its principal tributaries Alum Creek and Blacklick Creek at the Three Creeks Columbus Metro Park. It flows through southern Franklin County and joins the Scioto River near the Franklin-Pickaway Counties line.

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Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Big Walnut Creek has also been known as:

★ Big Belly Creek

★ Big Bellys Creek

★ Big Lick Creek

★ Gahannah River

★ Hayes Ditch

★ Walnut Creek

★ Whingwy Mahoni Sepung

★ Menkwi Mhoani Siipunk

References

1. Map of Ohio watersheds