Gwynns Falls

'''Gwynns Falls''' is a {{convert|24.9|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[stream]] located in [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]] and [[Baltimore|Baltimore City]], [[Maryland]]. The [[headwaters]] are located in [[Reisterstown, Maryland|Reisterstown]] in Baltimore County, and the stream flows southeast, entering the city of Baltimore and emptying into the Middle Branch of the [[Patapsco River]]. The Patapsco drains into the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. The [[drainage basin|watershed]] area of Gwynns Falls is {{convert|66|sqmi}}. The stream was named for Richard Gwinn, who opened a trading post along it in 1669. Gwynns Falls does not actually have a [[waterfall]], but its rough, rocky nature caused John Smith to comment on how the stream tumbled over "felles". This confusing local practice of using "falls" in the name of rocky streams was also applied to Baltimore's [[Jones Falls]] and [[Gunpowder Falls]], which do not have waterfalls. ==External links== * [http://www.gwynnsfallstrail.org Gwynns Falls Trail] * [http://www.gwynnsfalls.net Gwynns Falls Watershed Association] * [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116162195762853729671.000487309d260892f7fee&z=13 Leakin Park Gwynns Falls Trail Map] {{Maryland waters}} {{Maryland-geo-stub}} {{coord missing|Maryland}}