Castle rock outcrop. Bloomery Pike (West Virginia Route 127) passes over the river where it is met by Bloomery Run east of Forks of Cacapon. North of Bloomery Pike lies the actual "Forks of Cacapon" where the Cacapon and North Rivers converge. From Forks of Cacapon to Largent, the river creates a number of horseshoe bends between Sideling Hill (2021 feet/616 m) and Little Mountain (1429 feet/435 m). This stretch of the Cacapon River is also mostly undeveloped and forested with the exception of a gated community, The Crossings, located between the WV 127 bridge and Largent. Largent to Great Cacapon The Cacapon River meanders into Morgan County at Largent where Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9) passes over it and the river is met by Stony Creek. It continues its meandering course northeast between Sideling Hill and Little Mountain until Fisher's Bridge where it is joined to its east by the western flanks of Cacapon Mountain. Tonoloway Ridge (992 feet/302 m) then bounds the Cacapon River to its west until it reaches the railroad hamlet of Great Cacapon. After passing under the WV 9 and old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges, the Cacapon River joins the Potomac. Name and variants Cacapon is a name derived from the Shawnee language meaning "medicine water". The Board on Geographic Names decided on "Cacapon River" in 1916 as the river's official name and spelling. Variants include: Big Capon River Cacapehon Creek Cacapehon River Cacapon Creek Cacapon River Cackapehon River Cackapohon River Capcappin Creek Cape Capon River Capecapon River Capon River Great Cacapehon River Great Cacapon River Great Capon River Bridges Float trips All locations listed below are designated public access sites by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources at their website. Access sites are listed from south to north. Tributaries Tributary streams are listed from south to north. Major tributaries are listed in bold. Lost River Trout Run Waites Run Slate Rock Run Moores Run Sine Run Harness Run Hawk Run Capon Springs Run Himmelwright Run Dry Run Yellow Spring Run Falling Run Loman Branch Crooked Run Old Man Run Kale Hollow Run Mill Branch Dillons Run Gunbarrel Hollow Run Parks Hollow Run Edwards Run and Edwards Run Lake Cold Stream Frog Hollow Run Bloomery Run Ivy Run North River Grassy Lick Run Tearcoat Creek Bearwallow Creek Bowers Run Wolf Hollow Run Critton Run Falling Spring Run Stony Creek Constant Run Whisners