Piney Run (Virginia)

Piney Run is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia. The creek is the principal drainage of the upper Between the Hills valley in northwestern Loudoun County.

The headwaters of the creek are located approximately 1.75 mi south of Neersville, Virginia, just west of State Route 671 (Harpers Ferry Road). Just prior to an impoundment, 5 mi from its headwaters in Sweet Run State Park, the creek is joined by its only named tributary branch, Sweet Run. From the impoundment, the creek flows 2 mi, to the crossing by State Route 671, whereupon the creek cuts a deep gorge, falling 150 ft over its last 2 mi. Just prior to its confluence with the Potomac below the White Horse Rapids, 4500 ft down river from the confluence with the Shenandoah River, the creek passes through a culvert under U.S. Route 340 and then cascades approximately 20 ft over a waterfall, the only in Loudoun County.