Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary) explained

Trout Brook
Name Other:Stone Bridge Creek
Pushpin Map:New York Adirondack Park#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Trout Brook
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Capital District
Subdivision Type4:County
Subdivision Name4:Warren
Subdivision Type5:Town
Subdivision Name5:Schroon Lake
Length:15.7miles
Mouth:Schroon River
Mouth Location:Town of Chester
Mouth Coordinates:43.8525°N -73.8499°W
Mouth Elevation:NaNid = 967868
Progression:Trout Brook → Schroon River → Hudson RiverAtlantic Ocean
Basin Size:90mi2

Trout Brook, known in older sources as Stone Bridge Creek, is a river that is located in Warren County, New York. The river, located in the eastern Adirondack Mountains, is a third-order tributary which flows 15.7miles southeast into the Schroon River, just south of Schroon Lake. The river has three branches, and is stocked with 1,300 yearling brook trout by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.[1]

The river is most notable for running through the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves, a series of marble solutional caves which was formed by the river over the course of 14,000 years.[2] The river briefly becomes a subterranean river around the caves, resurfacing after 200m (700feet) underground.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trout Brook . Adirondack Hub . Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism . 4 July 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Geology of Natural Stone Bridge & Caves . Natural Stone Bridge & Caves . 20 June 2024.
  3. Book: Cooper . Max P. . Mylroie . John E. . Glaciation and Speleogenesis: Interpretations from the Northeastern United States . 2015 . Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer . Cham . 978-3-319-16534-9 . 139-140 . 1st 2015.