Hudson River
The Hudson River is a 315-mile river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows south to New York Bay, a tidal estuary between New York and Jersey City, before draining into the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New York State, United States
- Also known as: “At-a-te-a”, “Ca-ho-ha-ta-te-a”, “Cahohatatea”, “Cahotatea”, “Chatemuc”, “Cohetaba”, “Cohohatatea”, “Fruy-de-yach-ka-mick”, “Grandissima Riviera”, “Great Creek”, “Great Kill”, “Great River”, “Groote Rivier”, “Groote Riviere”, “Grote River”, “Hudson”, “Hudson’s River”, “Hudsons River”, “Hudsons Ryver”, “Ma-ha-ke-negh-tuc”, “Mahakaneghtac”, “Mahicanituk”, “Mahicannittuck River”, “Mahikkannittuc”, “Manahatta”, “Manhattans River”, “Manhattans Rivier”, “Manhattes”, “Mauritius River”, “Maurits Rivier”, “Mehicanituck”, “Mi-con-a-cook”, “Mohegan”, “Mohegan-ittuck”, “Mohegan-ittuk”, “Mohican-nittuck”, “Mohicanittuck”, “Mohicanittuk”, “Montaigne Rivier”, “Noort Rivier”, “Norrdt Riviere”, “Ohiió:ke Stream”, “Ohioge”, “Oyoghi”, “Rio de Gamas”, “Rio de Montagne”, “Rio de San Antonio”, “River Manhattes”, “River of the Mountains”, “River Skaunataty”, “Riviere de Hudson”, “Riviere de Montagnes”, “Riviere van den Vorst Mauritius”, “San-a-ta-tea”, “Shatamuc”, “Shatemuc”, “Shattemuc”, “Shattemuck”, “Ska-nek-ta-de”, and “Skanetade”
- Historically known as: “North River”
- Neighbors: Albany
Places of Interest
Highlights include Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City, U.S.
Ellis Island
Islet
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Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
The Battery
Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battery Park City and Financial District.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
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Battery Park City is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is situated along the Hudson River waterfront, and separated the Financial District and Tribeca by the West Side Highway.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Columbia Street Waterfront District
Neighborhood
The Columbia Street Waterfront District is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the Upper New York Bay waterfront between Cobble Hill and Red Hook and situated on the western side of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway. Columbia Street Waterfront District is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hudson River.
Hudson River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Hudson River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Hudson River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hudsonrivier”
- Albanian: “Lumi Hudson”
- Arabic: “نهر هدسون”
- Armenian: “Հուդզոն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Hudson”
- Balinese: “Tukad Hudson”
- Basque: “Hudson ibaia”
- Basque: “Hudson”
- Belarusian: “Гадсан”
- Belarusian: “Гудзон”
- Bengali: “হাডসন নদী”
- Bosnian: “Hudson”
- Breton: “Hudson (stêr)”
- Breton: “Hudson”
- Bulgarian: “Хъдсън”
- Catalan: “riu Hudson”
- Catalan: “Riu Hudson”
- Cebuano: “Hudson River”
- Chinese: “Hudson Hô”
- Chinese: “哈得孙河”
- Chinese: “哈德遜河”
- Chuvash: “Гудзон”
- Croatian: “Hudson (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Hudson”
- Czech: “Hudson”
- Danish: “Hudson River”
- Dutch: “Hudson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هدسون”
- Esperanto: “Hudsono”
- Estonian: “Hudson”
- Estonian: “Hudsoni jõgi”
- Finnish: “Hudson”
- French: “Hudson”
- Galician: “río Hudson”
- Galician: “Río Hudson”
- Georgian: “ჰუდსონი”
- German: “Hudson River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Χάντσον”
- Greek: “Χάντσον”
- Hakka Chinese: “Hâ-tet-sùn-hò”
- Hakka Chinese: “Hudson-hò”
- Hebrew: “הדסון”
- Hindi: “हडसन नदी”
- Hungarian: “Hudson”
- Icelandic: “Hudsonfljót”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Hudson”
- Interlingua: “Fluvio Hudson”
- Irish: “Abhainn Hudson”
- Italian: “Hudson”
- Japanese: “ハドソン川”
- Javanese: “Kali Hudson”
- Kirghiz: “Гудзон, дарыя”
- Korean: “허드슨강”
- Latin: “Hudson flumen”
- Latvian: “Hudzona”
- Lithuanian: “Hadsonas”
- Luxembourgish: “Hudson River”
- Macedonian: “Хадсон”
- Malay: “Sungai Hudson”
- Malayalam: “ഹഡ്സൺ നദി”
- Marathi: “हडसन नदी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hudson Hô”
- Mingrelian: “ჰუდსონი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ჰუდსონი”
- Nepali: “हडसन नदी”
- Northern Frisian: “Hudson River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hudson River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hudson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hudsonelva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hudsonelva”
- Norwegian: “Hudson River”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa Hudson”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hudson (flume)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hudson”
- Panjabi: “ਹਡਸਨ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Persian: “رود هادسن”
- Persian: “رودخانه هادسون”
- Piemontese: “Hudson”
- Polish: “Hudson”
- Portuguese: “Rio Hudson”
- Romanian: “Râul Hudson”
- Russian: “Гудзон”
- Scots: “Hudson River”
- Serbian: “Хадсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hudson”
- Sicilian: “Ciumi Hudson”
- Slovak: “Hudson”
- Slovenian: “Hudson River”
- Slovenian: “Hudson”
- Slovenian: “reka Hudson”
- South Azerbaijani: “هادسون چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Hudson”
- Spanish: “Río Hudson”
- Swahili: “Mto Hudson”
- Swedish: “Hudsonfloden”
- Tagalog: “Ilog ng Hudson”
- Tajik: “Ҳудсун (рӯд)”
- Tajik: “Ҳудсун”
- Tamil: “அட்சன் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำฮัดสัน”
- Turkish: “Hudson Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гудзон”
- Uzbek: “Gudzon (daryo)”
- Uzbek: “Gudzon”
- Venetian: “Hudson”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Hudson”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Hudson”
- Welsh: “Afon Hudson”
- Western Armenian: “Հաթսըն գետ”
- Western Frisian: “Hudson”
- Western Panjabi: “ہڈسن دریا”
- Wu Chinese: “哈德逊河”
- Yiddish: “האדסאן טייך”
- Yue Chinese: “哈德遜河”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Hudson River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Colonels Row and Nolan Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle William Light and Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Manhattan: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Central Park, Upper East Side, Theater District, and Upper West Side.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
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