Otterslide Creek is a stream located entirely within Ritchie County, West Virginia.[1]

Otterslide Creek was so named on account of otters sliding there.[2][3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Otterslide Creek
  2. ^ Cox, William J. (Feb 22, 1979). "County placenames among most colorful, imaginative in country". The Pennsboro News. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 465.

39°08′05″N 80°55′44″W / 39.13472°N 80.92889°W / 39.13472; -80.92889