Carroll Creek (Maryland)

Carroll Creek (Walkwaki Methtegui)
Carroll Creek in Frederick, Maryland
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Tributaries
- left	Culler Lake
- right	Rock Creek (Potomac River)
Cities	Frederick, Tuscarora
Source
- location	Tuscarora, MD
- coordinates	39°27′40″N 77°29′05″W / 39.461057°N 77.484649°W / 39.461057; -77.484649
Mouth	Monocacy River
- location	Frederick, MD
- coordinates	39°25′37″N 77°22′47″W / 39.427029°N 77.379766°W / 39.427029; -77.379766Coordinates: 39°25′37″N 77°22′47″W / 39.427029°N 77.379766°W / 39.427029; -77.379766
Length	8.3 mi (13 km)
Watershed map showing Carroll Creek

Carroll Creek is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km)tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the eastern slopes of , southeast of Gambrill State Park. The stream runs roughly east through the city of Frederick to the Monocacy, which drains to the Potomac River. The Shawnee Indians, who called the Monocacy River Monnockkesey (which translates as “river with many bends”), named Carroll Creek Walkwaki Methtegui, (which translates as "down in the gully creek").