Herkimer Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Herkimer 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: | Towns |
Subdivision Name5: | Exeter, Richfield |
Source1 Location: | West-southwest of Richfield |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.8519°N -75.0842°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | Approximately 1745feet |
Mouth: | Canadarago Lake |
Mouth Location: | Northeast of Schuyler Lake |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.792°N -75.0165°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1280feet |
Progression: | Hyder Creek → Canadarago Lake → Oaks Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
Basin Size: | 12.1sqmi[2] |
Tributaries Right: | Sutherland Creek |
Herkimer Creek is a river in Otsego County in the state of New York. It begins west-southwest of the Hamlet of Richfield and northwest of the Hamlet of Dogtown and begins flowing mostly southeast before flowing into Canadarago Lake northeast of the Hamlet of Schuyler Lake.
Suckers can be speared and taken from the creek from January 1 to May 15, each year.[3]