Sparkill Creek

Sparkill Creek is a tributary of the in , and , in the United States. It flows through the Sparkill Gap in the Hudson Palisades, which was created by a fault line which provided the only sea-level break in the Palisades.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in New Jersey and New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Spar Kil”, “Sparkill Brook”, “Tapaan Creek”, “Tappan Creek”, “Tappan Sloat”, and “Tappan Slote”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dennis P. Mchugh Piermont Public Library and Piermont station.

Library
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Building
Photo: RussNelson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piermont Railroad Station is a historic train station located at in . It was built about 1873 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, later acquired by the Erie Railroad.

Church
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Christ Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church located at in . It was designed by architect Charles Babcock and built in 1864–1865.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piermont and Sparkill.

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a village incorporated in 1847 in , , United States. is in the town of , located north of the hamlet of , east of , and south of , on the west bank of the .

Village
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, formerly known as Tappan Sloat, is a suburban hamlet and census-designated place in , United States located north of ; east of ; south of and west of the .

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village of 6,500 people in in the state of . It takes its name from the author Washington Irving, who lived nearby.

Sparkill Creek

Latitude
41.03836° or 41° 2′ 18″ north
Longitude
-73.90798° or 73° 54′ 29″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
Open location code
87H823QR+8R
Geo­Names ID
5104879
Wiki­data ID
Q7573664
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Satellite Map

Discover Sparkill Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Sparkill Creek” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sparkill Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Sparkill Creek”
  • Venetian: “Sparkill”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tallman Mountain and Ferdon Avenue Bridge.

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