The city of Gainesville has many vital and beautiful fresh water creeks, ponds, and springs. To find out more about a particular creek, select one from the following menu.

Pick a creek! Blues Creek Turkey Creek Hogtown Creek Quail Ridge Creek Elizabeth Creek Glen Springs Run Springstead Creek Rattlesnake Creek Possum Creek Three Lakes Creek Ridgeview Creek Millhopper Creek Monterey Creek Royal Park Creek Beville Heights Creek Tumblin Creek East Tumblin Creek Sweetwater Branch Creek Rosewood Branch Creek Calf Pond Creek Lake Forest Creek Hatchett Creek Little Hatchett Creek Alachua Sink Camp's Canal Impaired Creeks Newnan's Lake Prairie Creek

Visit our interactive creeks map!

Find your watershed address!

See the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department website for more information about local waters.

To read about local impaired creeks, click here.

"Love Your Creeks!" by Gainesville's Clean Water Partnership Coordinator Sally Adkins is available here.

The many creeks of Gainesville, Florida;
Click here for an intereacitve map!