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 City and Jersey City, before draining into the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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’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”, “reka Hudson”, “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: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Ellis Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battery Park City and Financial District.
Columbia Street Waterfront District
Neighborhood
The Columbia Street Waterfront District… 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.69677° or 40° 41′ 48″ north
Longitude
-74.0282° or 74° 1′ 42″ west
Open location code
87G7MXWC+PP
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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: “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”
- 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”
- South Azerbaijani: “هادسون چایی”
- 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”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Colonels Row and Nolan Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Castle William Light and Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Manhattan: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Central Park and Upper East Side.
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