title: Long Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary)
text: # Long Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary)
  
  Long Branch is a 4.33 mi (6.97 km) long 2nd order tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Long Branch rises in a pond in Gretna, Virginia and then flows generally southeast to join Whitethorn Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Gretna Rolling Mill.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Long Branch drains 3.58 square miles (9.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 410.64, and is about 49% forested.
  
  