| Hayden Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Hayden Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central New York |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Otsego |
| Subdivision Type5: | Town |
| Subdivision Name5: | Springfield |
| Source1 Location: | NNW of East Springfield |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 42.8681°N -74.8215°W[1] |
| Mouth: | Otsego Lake |
| Mouth Location: | S of Springfield Center |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 42.8134°N -74.8888°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1194feet |
| Basin Size: | 10sqmi[2] |
Hayden Creek is a river in Otsego County, in the U.S. State of New York. It begins north-northwest of the Hamlet of East Springfield and flows generally southward before flowing into Otsego Lake south of the Hamlet of Springfield Center.
Hayden Creek begins northeast of the Hamlet of Springfield Center and flows southwest before flowing into Summit Lake. It then exits the lake and flows southward, crossing under U.S. Route 20, and then flows into Shipman Pond. It then exits the pond and continues flowing southward through Springfield Center before flowing into Otsego Lake south of Springfield Center.
Suckers can be speared and taken in the section of the creek from the mouth to the Shipman Pond dam from January 1 to May 15, each year.[3]