Fishkill Creek
Fishkill Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. At 33.5 miles it is the second-longest stream in the county, after Wappinger Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in Dutchess County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Fresh Kill”, “Great Fish Kill”, “Great Fish Kill River”, “Mateawam”, “Matteawan”, “Mawanassigh”, “Vis-kill”, and “Vischer’s Kil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Lukes Episcopal Church and Madam Brett Homestead.
Saint Lukes Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is located in Beacon, New York, United States. The church complex of four buildings and a cemetery takes up a 12-acre parcel between Wolcott, Rector, Phillips and Union Streets.
Madam Brett Homestead
Park
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The Madam Brett Homestead is an early-18th-century home located in the city of Beacon, New York, United States. It is the oldest standing building in southern Dutchess County and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
Howland Cultural Center
Building
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Howland Cultural Center, formerly known as Howland Library, is located on Main Street in Beacon, New York, United States. It is an ornate brick building designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the 1870s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beacon and Glenham.
Beacon
Photo: Peter Greenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area.
Glenham
Village
Glenham is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The community is 2.5 miles east-northeast of Beacon. Glenham has a post office with ZIP code 12527, which opened on March 6, 1839.
Newburgh
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area with an estimated 712,000 residents.
Fishkill Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.50007° or 41° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
-73.96205° or 73° 57′ 43″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87H8G22Q+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 320446045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5117277Wikidata ID
Q3073034
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Fishkill Creek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Fishkill Creek”
- Catalan: “Fishkill Creek”
- Cebuano: “Fishkill Creek”
- Chinese: “菲什基尔溪”
- Chinese: “菲什基爾溪”
- Dutch: “Fishkill Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيشكيل كريك”
- French: “Fishkill Creek”
- Hebrew: “ערוץ פישקיל”
- Japanese: “フィッシュキル・クリーク”
- Slovenian: “Fishkill Creek”
- Venetian: “Fishkill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Groveville and Beacon Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beacon Hose Company Number 1 and Saint Lukes Cemetery.
Dutchess County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Hyde Park, and Amenia.
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