 It empties into the east side of the creek a few hundred yards northeast of the Potomac River entrance, and bifurcates southeast of Fort Hunt Elementary School into a fork heading north and a fork heading east toward Fort Hunt Park.The North Branch breaks off from the main creek in a northeasterly direction about up from the Potomac River entrance, near the northwestern end of Stratford Landing.The Paul Spring Branch breaks off about another up the North Branch in the Hollin Hall area near Sherwood Hall Lane, and continues northward along Fort Hunt Road into the Hollin Hills community and beyond.