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- The Hudson river is 306 miles long. The Hudson's Northern point is in Essex County. Lake Tear of the Clouds in Hamilton County is the highest lake in NY State - 4,320 feet above sea level - and is considered the source of the Hudson River.
- There are 10 miles of shorefront on Long Island Sound, 548 miles of bayfront in Long Island area and 83 miles of shorefront of islands near Long Island.
- There are 10 natural fresh-water lakes of 10 square miles or more; the largest, Lake Champlain in Clinton (Essex County), covers a 490-square-mile area and includes islands that total about 55 square miles.
- Lake Erie borders on New York State for an airline distance of 64 miles. Its surface area in the U.S. totals 5,002 square miles.
- Lake Ontario forms the northern boundary of NY for an airline distance of 146 miles, and the area in the U.S. is 3,033 square miles.
- At the site of Niagara Falls, the river spills 40 million gallons of water 180 feet downward each minute across a ragged ledge nearly 2/3 of a mile wide.
- There are 6,713 natural ponds, lakes and reservoirs of one acre or more
- 76 with an area of one square mile or more.
- There are 1,745 square miles of inland water, including some 4,000 lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Oneida Lake is the largest lake completely within the State.
- Other prominent lakes are the Finger Lakes, Otsego Lake, Lake George, Lake Placid and Lake Champlain, which is 107 miles long.
- The State has 70,000 miles of rivers and streams
- 127 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline
- 9,767 miles of shoreline which includes 8,778 miles of lake shoreline
- 231 miles of shorefront on Long Island Sound
- 548 miles of bayfront in Long Island area and 83 miles of shorefront of islands near Long Island.
New York's Canal System
The New York State Barge Canal System is the longest internal waterway system in any state, 800 miles, carrying over 2 million tons of cargo per year.
The 524 mile New York State Canal System includes the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and the Cayuga-Seneca canals. The canal system connects hundreds of miles of lakes and rivers across New York State, linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and five water ways in Canada.
The Canal System is comprised of The Erie, Champlain, Oswego and the Cayuga and Seneca canals. The Erie canal (or main line), extends from Troy on the Hudson River to Tonawanda and Buffalo, on the Niagara River. On the eastern end of the state, the Champlain canal runs 63 miles from Troy, to Whitehall on the southern end of Lake Champlain. The Oswego canal at 24 miles long, connects the Erie near Syracuse with Lake Ontario. The Cayuga & Seneca canal is 27 miles long and connects the Erie, west of Syracuse with Cayuga and Seneca Lakes.
Lakes in NY
Not all lakes listed
7 (Seven) Lakes
Seven Lakes is in Harriman and Bear Mountain state parks, in Rockland and Orange Counties. Seven Lakes to the Hudson Good website, directions, photos
Alder Lake
Located in Ulster County, Town of Hardenburgh, off Route 54, 2 1/2 miles northeast of the Hamlet of Turnwood. Hand launching. Parking for five cars. Electric motors only.
Beaver Lake
Description not available at this time
Brooks Lake
Description not available at this time
Canopus Lake
In Putnam County, Clarence Fahnestock State Park. Off Route 301, nine miles east of the Village of Cold Springs. Permit required, available from park manger. Parking for ten cars. Hand launch. Electric motors only.
Canadice Lake
Canadice Lake has a shoreline 6.5 miles (10 km) long and a maximum depth of 95 feet (29 m). Because the lake is a water source of Rochester, NY, no houses are permitted on its shore and boats are limited in size and engine power. Canadice Lake is one of the minor Finger Lakes. Source: Wikipedia
Canandaigua Lake
The beauty of Canandaigua Lake is without question the reason most people live here or visit. The purpose of the watershed protection program is to maintain and enhance the quality of life this watershed provides to all its inhabitants by protecting the lifeblood of this region- Canandaigua Lake and its surrounding watershed. (Web site)
Cayuga Lake
We invite you to visit any of the great destinations around the lake, stroll along its shores, and drive the Byway. We know you’ll appreciate the relaxing atmosphere of the heart of the Finger Lakes as a welcome respite from the busy world around us. (Web Site)
Cayuta Lake
The entire Cayuta Lake aquatic system, including its surrounding wetlands, is relatively pristine and noted for the presence of rare species and high biodiversity. The Allen Preserve, which begins on a hill above Cayuta Lake, includes meadow, upland forest, swamp forest, and wetland shrub thicket as you approach the inlet to Cayuta Lake. (Web Site)
Cazenovia Lake
The purpose of the Cazenovia Lake Foundation is to amass and manage a large endowment fund to invest in the long-term health and social benefits of Cazenovia Lake. (Web Site)
Chadwick Lake
Google Map
Route 300, Newburgh, NY 12550, 845-564-7815
Fishing, largemonth bass, panfish. Ice skating. Call
for hours, 211 acres, mean depth 9.5 ft
Chautauqua Lake
Description not available at this time
Champlain Lake
Lake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec. French explorer Samuel de Champlain became the first European to discover the lake that now bears his name.
Chodikee Lake
Located in Ulster County. Five miles east of New Paltz off Route 299. Hand launching. Electric motors permitted. Gasoline motors prohibited. Parking for 20 cars.
Cliff Lake
Sullivan County. Walk-in access 0.6 miles from parking lot. Access road just end of Mangaup River bridge off County Route 43, follow signs to parking. Open May 1-November 30. Parking for eight cars. Electric motors only.
Copake Lake
map
Copake Lake is one of the largest recreational lakes in Columbia
County.
A beautiful crystal clear lake that's perfect for swimming, boating,
fishing and water-skiing
during the hot summer months. (Web
Site)
Cooper Lake
Located in Ulster County, Bearsville, a hamlet of Woodstock, Cooper lake is the Reservoir for Kingston. There is no lake access. Hiking along Cooper Lake Road is permitted.
Cranberry Lake
Cranberry Lake is a small hamlet on the western slopes of the Adirondack Mountains, and is the gateway to one of the last remaining true wilderness areas in New York State. (Web Site)
Crystal Lake
Located in Sullivan County. Off Lake Tennanah Road on Crystal Lake Road, 8 miles southwest of the Hamlet of Roscoe. Hand launching. Parking for 30 cars 0.1 mile from the lake. Lakeside parking for 5 cars. Electric motors only.
Delta Lake
Description not available at this time
Finger Lakes
from east to west, the first seven
being commonly identified as Finger Lakes:
Otisco Lake
Skaneateles Lake
Owasco Lake
Cayuga Lake
Seneca Lake
Keuka Lake
Canandaigua Lake
Honeoye Lake
Canadice Lake
Hemlock Lake
Conesus Lake
Fulton Chain Lakes
Description not available at this time
Great Sacandaga Lake
Description not available at this time
Green Lake
Located in Greene County on Valley Road, off County Route 49 approximately 2 miles north of the Village of Leeds. Hand launch. Parking for 10 cars.
Hemlock Lake
Description not available at this time
Hiawatha Lake
Description not available at this time
Honeyoye Lake
Description not available at this time
Huntington Lake
Sullivan County. Off Route 42 on Narrowsburg Road. Town of Cochecton. Concrete ramp. Parking for 5 cars.
Lake Huntington
Keuka Lake
Description not available at this time
Kinderhook Lake
Located in Columbia County, (coop agreement with Kinderhook Lake Club). Access from County Route 28 at the outlet of Kinderhook Lake in the Village of Niverville. Parking for 15 cars. Hand launch. No gas motors. Electric motors permitted.
George Lake
Lake George is locatedGrafton Lakes
Located in Rensselaer County, Second Pond. Grafton Lake State Park. Off Route 2 in Grafton, 10 miles east of the City of Troy. Hard surface ramp and car top launching. Parking for 5 cars. No motors. Dunham Reservoir.
Greenwood Lake
Description not available at this time
Lake Louise Marie
Description not available at this time
Lake Maratanza
Description not available at this time
Lake Masten
Description not available at this time
Lake Notch
Devil's Tombstone is one of the oldest New York State campgrounds. It is a small primitive campground with wooded sites and a small shallow lake, Notch Lake. Campground Phone: (845) 688-7160. Off of Route 214, Hunter.
Lake Katrine
Located in the village of Lake Katrine,
just north of Kingston
Google Map
Lake Mahopac
A grand resort community in olden times, Lake Mahopac still offers great water fun today. Boat, sail, fish for trout or bass, or water ski. Boaters can launch their crafts from one of two marinas on the lake. Mahopac Marine on Route 6N, 845.628.6550. Located in Mahopac, NY
Lake Oscawana
Description not available at this time
Lake Placid
Description not available at this time
Lake Pleasant
Description not available at this time
Sebago Lake
7 Lakes Dr., Bear Mt., NY 10911. 845-351-2583 Swimming, cabin camping, fishing, boating, picnicking.
Lake Sebago
Located in Rockland County, Harriman State Park. On Seven Lakes Drive, 4 miles
north of Sloatsburg. Beach launching. Permit required, available from
park manager . Electric motors only. Parking for 50 cars.
Lake Silvermine
Located in Orange County, Harriman State Park. On Seven Lakes Drive, 4 miles south of Route 6. Hand launching, permit required. available from park manager at Tiorati Beach. Electric motors only. Parking for 100 cars.
Lake Skannatati
Located in Orange County, Harriman State Park on Sevel Pakes Drive, 8 miles north of Sloatsburg. Hand launching. Permit required from park manager at Tiorati Beach. Electric motors only. Parking for 10 cars.
Lake Tappan
Description not available at this time
Lake Taghkanic
Located in Columbia County, Lake Taghkanic State Park. On Route 82, 11 miles south of the City of Hudson. Permit required, available from park manager. Gravel launch. Parking for 20 cars. No motors permitted.
Lake Tiorati
Located in Orange County, Harriman State Park. On Tiorati Brook Road, 4 miles west of Palisades Interstate Parkway. Hand launching. Parking for 10 cars. Permit and key required, available from park manager. Electric motors only.
Lake Washington
Description not available at this time
Lamoka Lake
Description not available at this time
Lows Lake
Description not available at this time
Mohansic Lake
Mohansic Lake is located in Westchester County, Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. On Route 202 at the Village of Yorktown. Permit required, available from park manager. Gravel launch. Parking for 20 cars. Electric motors only.
North - South Lake
Located in Greene County. Campsite, Off Route 18, 2 miles east of Haines Falls. Parking for 20 cars and trailers. No motors. Hard surface ramp. North-South Lake is the biggest and most popular state campground in the Catskill Forest Preserve, offering extraordinary scenic beauty, and historical sites, such as: Alligator Rock, Kaaterskill Falls, and the former site of the Catskill Mountain House. (518)357-2234
Onondaga Lake
Description not available at this time
Onteora Lake
Located in Ulster County. Off Route 28, 4 miles north of Kingston. Hand launch. Electric motors only. Entrance is on the ride hand side of RT28, going Northwest. Easy to miss entrance.
Orange Lake
Description not available at this time
Otsego Lake
Description not available at this time
Queechy Lake
Description not available at this time
Pine Meadow Lake
Description not available at this time
Raquette Lake
Description not available at this time
Saratoga Lake
Description not available at this time
Seneca Lake
Description not available at this time
Skaneateles Lake
Description not available at this time
Stillwater Lake
Located in Putnam County, Clarence Fahnestock State Park. Off Taconic Parkway, southbound, 1 mile south of Route 301. Cartop launching only. Permit required from park manager. Parking for 10 cars. Electric motors only.
Superior Lake
Lake Superior is located in Sullivan County. Operated by Sullivan County. On Dr. Dugan Road 1 1/2 miles south of the Hamlet of Bethel. Hand launch. Parking for 120 cars. By daily fee or annual permit. Electric motors only.
Tiorati Lake
7 Lakes Dr., Bear Mt., NY 10911. 845-351-2568 Swimming, picnicking, boating, fishing, biking, hiking, ice skating. Open 8 a. to 7 p.m.
Thompsons Lake
Located in Albany County, (coop agreement with Town of Berne). Located on NY Route 157, 1/4 mile north of its' junction with NY Rout 157A. Parking for 5 cars and trailers. Beach launch. 15 hp limit.
Tupper Lake
Description not available at this time
Tuxedo Lake
Description not available at this time
Lake Wildwood
Description not available at this time
Walton Lake
Located in Orange County. On Lakes Road, 2 miles southwest of the Village of Monroe. Hand launch, trailer launching prohibited. Parking for 10 cars. Electric motors only.
Wanaksink Lake
Description not available at this time
Welch Lake
Lake Welch Drive, Bear Mt., NY 10911. 845-947-2444 Swimming, picnicking, camping, boats, fishing, hiking, snowmobiling. Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Lake Welsh
Rockland County, Harriman State Park. On Route 106, 6 miles west of
Stony Point. Hard surface launching ramp. Parking for 10 cars and
trailers. Permit and key required, available from park manager of
Beaver Pond Campground. Electric motors only.
Lake Welch Beach State Park's man-made Lake Welch, with its half-mile-long sandy beach in the wooded hills of the Ramapo Mountains, is the largest beach in Harriman State Park. Originally a small body of water with farmland around the edges, Lake Welch became the large lake that it is today when a dam was completed in 1942. The park offers cool breezes, swimming, fishing, boating, picnicking, hiking and camping in adjacent Beaver Pond Campground. Winter activities include ice fishing and snowmobiling.
White Lake
White Lake is located in Sullivan County. Off Route 17B west of the Town of Monticello, 1 mile north on Route 55 in the Hamlet of North White Lake. Parking for 21 cars and trailers. Hard surface ramp.
Wolf Lake
Description not available at this time
Yankee Lake
Description not available at this time
Ponds
Black River Pond
Located in Cherry Plain State Park, Rensselaer County. Off NYS Route 22, 1 1/2 miles north of the Hamlet of Stephentown. Cartop launch for rowboats, canoes, sailboats. No motors permitted. Launching ramp. Parking for 10 cars and trailers. Fee to enter park.
Garrison Pond
Island Pond
Located in Orange County. Harriman State Park, on Arden Valley Road, 8 miles north of Sloatsburg. Hand launching. Parking for 10 cars. Permit and key required from park manager at Tiorati Beach. Electric motors only.
Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Hunter,.Greene County. (aka Haines Falls)
Little Pond
Located in Delaware County, Campground. Off Route 17, 14 miles north of the Hamlet of Livingston Manor on Beaverkill Road. Hand launching. Parking for 20 cars and trailers. No motors permitted.
Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Hunter,.Greene County. (aka Haines Falls)
Mongaup Falls
Located in Sullivan County. Off Route 42 on Forestburgh Road, Town of Forestburgh. Concrete ramp (1 lane), parking for 5 cars and trailers. Open April 1 - November 30. Electric motors only.
Rudd Pond
Located in Dutchess County. On Route 22, 2 miles north of the Village of Millerton. Permit required, available from park manager. Gravel launch. Parking for 10 cars. Electric motors only.
Upper Pond
Kenneth L. Wilson Campsite, Ulster County. Off Route 28, 4 miles east of Mt. Tremper on County Route 40. Hand launching only. Parking for 60 cars. No motors.
White Pond
Located in Putnam County. Off Route 301 on Farmers Mill Road to White Pond Road. Gravel ramp. Parking for 20 cars. Electric motors only.
Yankee Town Pond
Located in Ulster County, off a Glenford Road, between Ohayo Mountian Road and Wittenburg Road.
Loch Sheldrake
Located in Sullivan County in Hamlet of Loch Sheldrake. DEC cooperative agreement. Jct. Rte 52 and Hasbrouck Rd. Hand launching. Parking for 20 cars. To be constructed in 2003.
Rivers in NY
Not all rivers listed
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River is rising in north-central Pennsylvania and flowing about 325 mies northwest into New York then southwest into Pennsylvania again, where it joins the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.
Arthur Kill
Arthur Kill is a tidal strait separating Staten Island from mainland New Jersey. Throughout history, it has also been known as Staten Island Sound.
Au Sable River
The Au Sable River Association (ASRA) is a non-profit, membership-based organization, created in August of 1998 through a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program. The association was originally created to implement recommendations found in the Au Sable River Study of 1991.
Basher Kill
The Basha Kill lies in the valley between the Shawangunks and the Catskills, flowing south from about Summitville to join the Neversink below the wetlands, and on to the Delaware River.
Battenkill
The Batten Kill has its origins in the Green and Taconic Mountains of Vermont. The watershed area of about 450 square miles lies within nineteen towns of New York and Vermont. The river begins in forested headwaters and flows through towns, farms, fields, and forests, turning west to enter New York and join the Hudson.
Beaverkill River
The Beaverkill River is located in the South Central part of New York State. One of the most famous rivers in the Northeast, it flows almost 44 miles through the Catskill Mountains until it joins the East Branch of the Delaware.
Beaver River
One-fifth of the Beaver River is located in Brown's Tract, Herkimer County, NY. Brown's Tract was named for John Brown of Providence, RI, who acquired nearly 200,000 acres of land in upstate NY in 1798 in a wilderness eventually referred to as the Adirondack Mountains.
Boquet River
The Boquet River, located in Northeastern New York, is not known for its trout population, but for its Atlantic Salmon runs. Flowing into Lake Champlain, and with the construction of the fish ladder in Willsboro, these acrobatic salmon can migrate up the Boquet some 12 miles to the falls at Wadhams. This fishery gives anglers the opportunity to catch landlocked Atlantic Salmon as large as 10 pounds.
Boreas River
The Boreas River is located in the central region of the Adirondack State Park. It does not contain any major waterfalls, but has several exquisite little cascades. An easy, flat trail leads along it for a little over a mile.
Bronx Kill
Bronx Kill is a narrow strait in New York City delineating the southernmost extent of The Bronx and separating it from Randall's Island. It connects the Harlem River to the East River. The Triborough Bridge's Bronx span crosses from the toll booths at Randall's Island atop the kill into the Bronx.
Bronx River
The Bronx River, approximately 24 miles (38 km) long, flows through southeast New York in the United States. Its Native American name was the Aquahung before the arrival of European colonists, like Jonas Bronck, for whom the Bronx and its river are named, in 1639. It rises in the Kensico Reservoir, in Westchester County north of New York City. It flows south past White Plains, then south-southwest through the northern suburbs, passing Edgemont, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, and Bronxville. It divides Yonkers from Mount Vernon, and flows into the northern end of The Bronx, southward through Bronx Park and through urbanized areas of the Bronx. It empties into the East River, a tidal strait connected to Long Island Sound, between the Soundview and Hunts Point neighborhoods.
Buffalo River
The Buffalo River watershed encompasses approximately 445 square miles and and drains portions of Buffalo and Wyoming counties in western New York state, including three major subwatersheds: Cayuga, Buffalo, and Cazenovia Creeks. The Buffalo River is a tributary to Lake Erie and discharges to a Federal navigation channel at Buffalo Harbor in Buffalo, New York.
Byram River
The Byram River is a river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, in southeast New York and southwestern Connecticut in the United States. The river has an elevation of 750 feet (228 m) at its headwaters at Byram Lake in Westchester County, New York, and flows in a southward direction, crossing the New York-Connecticut border and eventually reaching sea level at Port Chester Harbor, where it empties into the Long Island Sound. The lower portion of the river is paralleled by the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut and eventually forms the westernmost portion of the New York-Connecticut border.
Canisteo River
The Canisteo River is a tributary of the Tioga River, approximately 55 miles long, in western New York. It drains a dissected plateau, a portion of the northern Allegheny Plateau southwest of the Finger Lakes region, in the northwestern reach of the watershed of the Susquehanna River.
Catatonk Creek
Catatonk Creek begins in Spencer Lake and travels south to Spencer, east to Candor, then southeast until it joins the Owego Creek just north of Owego. It is navigable from Spencer to Candor, but we don’t recommend this section. Paddling is impeded by low bridges, dams, low water and barbed wire fences crossing the waterway.
Catherine Creek
Catharine Creek is a roughly 15 mile long stream that flows through Chemung and Schuyler counties in New York state. It was named after Catharine Montour. Catharine Creek rises atop a ridge in the Town of Veteran in Chemung County. It flows south to an area known locally as the Holding Point in Horseheads. It then flows back to the north, mostly alongside Route 14, through the communities of Pine Valley, Millport, Montour Falls, and Watkins Glen.
Catskill Creek
From the time of the first Native-Americans, the juncture of the Hudson River and Catskill Creek was an important geographical inroad westward.
Cattaraugus Creek
Cattaraugus Creek is a stream, approximately 68 miles long, in western New York. The creek drains a wooded rural portion of western New York southwest of Buffalo into Lake Erie. In its lower course it flows primarily through the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca tribe. The word "Cattaraugus" means "foul-smelling river bank." This name is a result of the natural gas that oozes from the river mud.
Cayuga Creek
Cayuga Creek is a small river in Western New York. The creek enters Buffalo Creek in the northwest corner of the Town of West Seneca just upstream from the New York State Thruway crossing. At that point, Buffalo Creek becomes the Buffalo River and flows into Lake Erie from Buffalo, New York. The creek is named after the Cayuga tribe, one of the constituent members of the Iroquois.
Cayuta Creek
Cayuta Creek (Kay-YOO-tuh) is a tributary of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River that flows through Schuyler, Chemung and Tioga counties in New York state, and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is approximately 40 miles long, rising at Cayuta Lake, sometimes locally referred to as Little Lake, near Alpine in the Town of Catherine, in eastern Schuyler County.
Chadakoin River
Chadakoin River: Jamestown to Falconer; Submitted by David
Smith and Gary Lawson: October, 2004.
Put-in: Behind the old Ames building, off Harrison Street in Jamestown.
We
then moved the drop-off vehicle to the Big Lots parking lot across the
street, where it would be safer. Take-out: The
county-maintained launch point in Levant, just beyond the
Falconer expressway exit.
Chateaugay River
Description not available at this time
Chaumont River
Description not available at this time
Chemung River
Description not available at this time
Chenango River
Description not available at this time
Clyde River
Description not available at this time
Cohocton River
Description not available at this time
Cold River
Description not available at this time
Connetquot River
Description not available at this time
Cross River
Description not available at this time
Croton River
Description not available at this time
Cowanesque River
Description not available at this time
Deer River
Description not available at this time
Delaware River
East Branch Delaware River approximately 75 miles long in the
U.S. state of New York, is one of two branches, along with the West
Branch, that join to form the Delaware River. It flows through a
mountainous area on the southwestern edge of the Catskill Mountains.
It
rises in eastern Delaware County near the hamlet of Grand Gorge and
flows initially SSW, through Roxbury, then WSW through Margaretville,
forming part of the northern boundary of Catskill Park. East of
Downsville it is impounded to form the 15 miles Pepacton
Reservoir. It receives the Beaverkill River from the southeast at East
Branch. It joins the West Branch at Hancock, on the border with
Pennsylvania, to form the Delaware. The river is a popular destination
for fly fishing for brown trout.
Ellicott Creek
Description not available at this time
Fishkill Creek
Description not available at this time
Flint Creek
Description not available at this time
Fresh Kills
Description not available at this time
Genesee River
Description not available at this time
Grass River
Description not available at this time
Great Chazy River
The Great Chazy is a lazy river that runs from Chazy Lake to Lake Champlain. Most of the river is broken up by shallow rapids that make it impossible to boat in. However, the last 6 miler of the river (from Champlain to the mouth in Coopersville) make for a wonderful and beautiful paddling experience.
Hackensack River
Description not available at this time
Harlem River
Description not available at this time
Hoosic River
Description not available at this time
Hudson River
See Hudson River on this site
Hutchinson River
Description not available at this time
Indian River
Description not available at this time
Jessup River
Description not available at this time
Kayderosseras Creek
Description not available at this time
Kill Van Kull
Description not available at this time
Kisco River
Description not available at this time
Kunjamuk River
Description not available at this time
Little Au Sable River
Description not available at this time
Little Chazy River
Description not available at this time
Little River
Description not available at this time
Little Salmon River
Description not available at this time
Mad River
Description not available at this time
Mahwah River
Description not available at this time
Marble River
Description not available at this time
Mettawee River
Description not available at this time
Miami River
Description not available at this time
Mianus River
Description not available at this time
Mohawk River
Description not available at this time
Mongaup River
Description not available at this time
Moose River
Description not available at this time
Neversink River
The Neversink's main flow begins just south of the border between Ulster and Sullivan counties, where the east and west branches of the river join near the hamlet of Claryville. Both begin on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills. The west branch is joined by several major tributaries, such as Biscuit Brook and Pigeon Creek at Frost Valley YMCA in the town of Shandaken, Ulster County. In its upper course it is a rocky and wild stream, ideal for trout fishing although most of the land around it is privately owned. Not far downriver from the confluence in Neversink, it is impounded to form the Neversink Reservoir. It is connected by a 5-mile (8 km) water tunnel to Rondout Reservoir, and subsequently to the Delaware Aqueduct. The Neversink Reservoir resulted in the displacement of many locals as several towns along the river were flooded to make the reservoir.
Niagara River
Description not available at this time
Nissequogue River
Description not available at this time
North River (lower Hudson River)
Description not available at this time
Oak Orchard River
Description not available at this time
Oatka Creek
Description not available at this time
Oneida River
Description not available at this time
Oswegatchie River
Description not available at this time
Oswego River
Description not available at this time
Otselic River
Description not available at this time
Owego Creek
A stream that flows southward through the west side of the town and is joined by the Catatonk Creek before it enters the Susquehanna River.
Peconic River
Peconic River is a river in Long Island's Suffolk County, New York. The river is located in the eastern end of Long Island. The Peconic River flows into Flanders Bay which in turn connects to Peconic Bay east of Riverhead. The river originates in bogs and wetlands in central Long Island near the Brookhaven National Laboratory and flows eastward to the Peconic Bay. It is the longest river on Long Island and is almost entirely within the Central Long Island Pine Barrens which was set up in 1993 to protect its relative wilderness standing. It is fresh water until about the center of Riverhead where it becomes an estuary. The river is slow-moving, making it ideal for canoeists. It forms the border between Brookhaven and Riverhead towns as well as the border between Riverhead and Southampton (town), New York.
Perch River
Description not available at this time
Poultney River
Description not available at this time
Ramapo River
The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 miles long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey. It rises in a mountainous area of central Orange County, New York, near Monroe and flows southeast to Harriman, then south into western Rockland County, then into northern Bergen County, New Jersey. In New Jersey, it flows SSW, along the east side of the ridge of the Ramapo Mountains. It flows into Potash Lake in Oakland and officially ends at Pompton Lake in Pompton Lakes. The river is a popular destination for fly fishing of trout. The New York State Thruway follows the valley of the river in Orange County.
Raquette River
The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. The river passes through many natural and man made lakes to its final destination at Akwesasne on the Saint Lawrence River. Unique to a river of its size, the Raquette flows north. The river is a popular destination for canoeing and kayaking. It is also the source of 27 hydroelectric plants operated by Brookfield Power, which at capacity can produce up to 181 megawatts of power. It is the second longest river in the state of New York behind the Hudson River.
Richmond Creek
(Staten Island)
Description not available at this time
Rondout Creek
Description not available at this time
Sacandaga River
Description not available at this time
Saint Lawrence River
Description not available at this time
Saint Regis River
Description not available at this time
Salmon River
Description not available at this time
Saranac River
Description not available at this time
Saw Kill Creek
Description not available at this time
Saw Mill River
Description not available at this time
Schoharie Creek
Schoharie Creek in New York, flows from the foot of Indian Head in the Catskill Mountains to the Mohawk River. It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie Reservoir and the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project.
Schroon River
Description not available at this time
Seneca River
Description not available at this time
Silvermine River
Description not available at this time
Stone Hill River
Description not available at this time
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At approximately 444 miles long, it is the longest river on the American east coast and the 16th longest in the United States. The Susquehanna forms from two main branches, with the North Branch, which rises in upstate New York often regarded as an extension of the main branch. The shorter West Branch, which rises in western Pennsylvania, is sometimes regarded as the principal tributary, joining the North Branch near Northumberland in central Pennsylvania. The river drains 27,500 square miles, covering nearly half of the land area of Pennsylvania and portions of New York and Maryland. The drainage basin includes portions of the Allegheny Plateau region of the Appalachian Mountains, cutting through water gaps in the lateral mountain ridges in a broad zigzag course to flow across the rural heartland of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland. The river empties into the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay, the ria of the Susquehanna, providing half of the freshwater inflow for the entire Chesapeake Bay.
Swamp River
Description not available at this time
Tenmile River
tributary of Delaware River
Description not available at this time
Tenmile River
tributary of Housatonic River
Description not available at this time
Tioga River
Description not available at this time
Tioughnioga River
Description not available at this time
Titicus River
Description not available at this time
Tonawanda Creek
Description not available at this time
Trout River
Description not available at this time
Unadilla River
The Unadilla River in New York State flows from south of Utica to the Village of Sidney where it flows into the Susquehanna River, which eventually empties into the Chesapeake Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the length of the Unadilla forms the western border of Otsego County and the eastern borders of Chenango and Madison Counties. This border made up a significant portion of the Fort Stanwix Treaty Line of 1768.
Waccabuc River
Description not available at this time
Wallkill River
Description not available at this time
Walloomsac River
Description not available at this time
Wampus River
Description not available at this time
Wappinger Creek
Description not available at this time
West Branch Delaware River
West Branch Delaware River approximately 90 miles long in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania, is one of the two branches, along with the East Branch, that join to form the Delaware River. Along most of its course, it flows through a mountainous area of New York in the northern Catskill Mountains. It rises in Schoharie County, New York and flows generally southwest, entering Delaware County and flowing past Stamford and Delhi. In southwestern Delaware County it flows in an increasingly winding course through the mountains, generally southwest. At Stilesville it is impounded to form the Cannonsville Reservoir. At Deposit, on the border between Broome and Delaware counties, it turns sharply to the southeast and is paralleled by New York State Route 17. It joins the East Branch at Hancock to form the Delaware. For the lower 6 mi (10 km) it forms part of the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania. The river is considered one of the best fly fishing trout streams in the United States, based on its cold water springs and deep pools. The trout population in this river is naturally reproducing, but during the warm months stocked trout from smaller and warmer tributaries will seek sanctuary in its cool water.
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