Esopus Creek

Esopus Creek is a 65.4-mile-long tributary of the that drains the east-central in the U.S. state of . From its source at on the slopes of , the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across to the Hudson at .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in the United States of America
  • Also known as: At-kar-kar-ton”, “Atkankarten”, “Esopus Kil”, “Esopus Kill”, and “Saugerties Creek

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saugerties Light and Kiersted house.

Guest house
, known also as the Saugerties Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the north of , .

Museum
Dubois-Kierstede Stone House is one of several historic stone buildings in . It was built in 1727 and modified over the years. It is currently the home of the Saugerties Historical Society, which operates the structure as the Museum.

Church
The Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia is a parish under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saugerties and Saugerties South.

is a town in the northeastern corner of , . The population was 19,038 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from 19,482 in 2010.

Locality
is a hamlet in , , United States. The population was 2,442 at the 2020 census. is a community south of the and Esopus Creek in the Town of Saugerties.

Village
is a village in , , United States. The population is 1,012, according to the 2020 census. The village, which was incorporated in 1872 from parts of Upper Red Hook Landing and Madalin, is the northernmost settlement in the county, located in the northwestern part of the town of .

Esopus Creek

Latitude
42.07037° or 42° 4′ 13″ north
Longitude
-73.93041° or 73° 55′ 50″ west
Open location code
87J833C9+4R
Geo­Names ID
5116668
Wiki­data ID
Q3058095
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Satellite Map

Discover Esopus Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Esopus Creek” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Esopus Creek
  • Catalan: Esopus Creek
  • Cebuano: Esopus Creek
  • Dutch: Esopus Creek
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر اسوپوس كريك
  • French: Esopus Creek
  • Japanese: エソプス川
  • Venetian: Esopus

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Canoe Hill and Malden-on-Hudson.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Washburns Point and Tidal Flat.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Esopus Creek”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0.