Dyken Pond

Dyken Pond is a 134-acre lake in the towns of Grafton and Berlin in Rensselaer County, New York. The pond gets water primarily from precipitation and outflows westward into the Poesten Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berlin and Grafton.

Berlin

Village

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Berlin is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,808 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Berlin in Germany, although natives pronounce the name differently, with the accent on the first syllable. Berlin is situated 3½ miles southeast of Dyken Pond.

Grafton

Hamlet

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Grafton is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census. It is believed that the town received its name from Grafton, Vermont, where the first town supervisor, Nathaniel Dumbledore, was originally from. Grafton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dyken Pond.

Petersburg

Village

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Petersburgh is a town located in the northeast section of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,372 at the 2020 census. The town was named after an early settler named Peter Simmons. Petersburg is situated 4½ miles northeast of Dyken Pond.

Dyken Pond

Type: Pond
Description: lake in Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Categories: lake and body of water
Location: Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.72325° or 42° 43′ 24″ north

Longitude

-73.42514° or 73° 25′ 31″ west

Elevation

1,624 feet (495 metres)

Open location code

87J8PHFF+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 202767217

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

5115621

Wikidata ID

Q28229025

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