Caroga Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Caroga Creek |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New York |
Subdivision Type3: | Regions |
Subdivision Name3: | Adirondacks, Central New York |
Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
Subdivision Name4: | Fulton, Montgomery |
Source1: | East Caroga Lake |
Source1 Location: | Caroga[1] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 43.1253°N -74.499°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1450feet |
Mouth: | Mohawk River |
Mouth Location: | Palatine Church, New York |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.9645°N -74.6374°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 305feet |
Basin Size: | 88.2sqmi[3] |
Tributaries Left: | Peck Creek, Sprite Creek, Mill Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Glasgow Creek, North Creek |
Caroga Creek is a river in Fulton and Montgomery counties in the U.S. State of New York. It begins at East Caroga Lake and flows south passing through Rockwood Lake before converging with the Mohawk River in the Hamlet of Palatine Church.
Suckers can be speared and taken from the section of the creek within Montgomery County from January 1 to May 15, each year.[4] Suckers can also be snagged in the portion within Fulton County between January 1 and May 15, each year.[4]