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Fly fishing near Damascus, Virginia

Green water churning out of the South Holston Dam powerhouse into the river below the grassy dam face
Photo credit

South Holston Dam releasing into the South Holston River tailwater, near Bristol, Tennessee. Photo: Tennessee Valley Authority, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

19 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Damascus, Virginia, in a straight line; the nearest are South Fork Holston River (4 mi), Whitetop Laurel Creek (4 mi) and Green Cove Creek (7 mi).

More about Damascus

2 fly shops are in Damascus or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, 31 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

19 waters near Damascus

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. South Fork Holston RiverFreestone river · 4 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow
  2. Whitetop Laurel CreekFreestone river · 4 mi · Catch and release
  3. Green Cove CreekFreestone river · 7 mi · Catch and release
  4. Wolf CreekFreestone river · 11 mi · Catch and release
  5. Big Horse CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Catch and release
  6. Cabin CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  7. Big Wilson CreekFreestone river · 15 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  8. Quebec BranchFreestone river · 16 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  9. Wilburn BranchFreestone river · 16 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  10. South Holston ReservoirLake or reservoir · 17 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  11. North Fork New RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Wild Trout Water
  12. South Holston RiverTailwater · 19 mi · Tailwater trout fishery
  13. Beaver CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  14. Brumley CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Catch and release
  15. Helton CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Delayed Harvest
  16. Little Wilson CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  17. Mill CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  18. Maine BranchFreestone river · 21 mi · Wild Trout Water
  19. Little Tumbling CreekFreestone river · 24 mi · Catch and release

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Damascus as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga · 31 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1482904, Washington County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.