Horseshoe Run (disambiguation)

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Horseshoe run was a shipping route in Australia.

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Horse Shoe Run, West Virginia Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Horse Shoe Run is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Horse Shoe Run is located on West Virginia Route 24 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of Thomas.

Horseshoe Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a tributary of the Cheat River.

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Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area

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Highway 94 is an east–west state highway in Benton County, Arkansas. The route of 22.07 miles (35.52 km) runs from Horseshoe Bend Park near Beaver Lake west across US Route 71 Business (US 71B) and US 62 to Missouri Supplemental Route E at the Missouri state line. The route is maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Lost River (Cacapon River tributary) river in the United States of America

The Lost River is a 31.1-mile-long (50.1 km) river in the Appalachian Mountains of Hardy County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. The Lost River is geologically the same river as the Cacapon River: It flows into an underground channel northeast of McCauley along West Virginia Route 259 at "the Sinks" and reappears near Wardensville as the Cacapon. The source of the Lost River lies south of Mathias near the West Virginia/Virginia border. Along with the Cacapon and North rivers, the Lost River serves as one of the three main segments of the Cacapon River and its watershed.