Neversink River
The Neversink River is a 55-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern New York in the United States. The name of the river comes from the name of the indigenous Lenape Navesink people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Delaware River in New York and New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Little Minessing Creek”, “Ma-ha-ick-a-mack”, “Ma-hack-a-mack”, “Ma-hack-e-meck”, “Machackemack”, “Machockemack River”, “Mackhacamac Branch of Delaware River”, “Mackhackemack Branch of the Delaware River”, “Mackockemack River”, “Mag-gagh-ka-mi-ek”, “Magaghkamieck”, “Maggaghkamieck”, “Maghaghkemack River”, “Maghakeneck”, “Mahaickamack”, “Mammakatonk”, “Naewersink River”, “Narrasing River”, “Naversink River”, “Nevisinck River”, “Newasink River”, “Newessingh”, “Waggackemek”, and “Wayhackameck”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tri-States Monument and Port Jervis station.
Tri-States Monument
Monument
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tri-States Monument is a granite monument that marks the tripoint of the state boundaries of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is at the northwestern end of the boundary between New Jersey and New York, the northern end of the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the eastern end of the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania.
Port Jervis station
Railway station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Jervis station is a commuter rail stop owned by Metro-North Railroad serving trains on the Port Jervis Line, located in Port Jervis, New York. It is the western terminus of the Port Jervis Line.
Mid-Delaware Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mid-Delaware Bridge, sometimes known as the Port Jervis–Matamoras Bridge or the Fourth Barrett Bridge, is a continuous truss bridge which carries U.S. Routes 6 and 209 across that river between those two communities and thus the states of New York and Pennsylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matamoras and Port Jervis.
Matamoras
Village
Matamoras is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,362 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost municipality of any kind in Pennsylvania.
Port Jervis
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Jervis, named after John Bloomfield Jervis, a prominent civil engineer who oversaw the construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap.
Sparrow Bush
Hamlet
Sparrow Bush is a hamlet in the town of Deerpark, in Orange County, New York, United States. The population as of the 2020 census is 981. The community is located along state routes 42 and 97, 2.3 miles northwest of Port Jervis. Sparrow Bush is situated 3½ miles northwest of Neversink River.
Neversink River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Neversink River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Neversink”
- Cebuano: “Neversink River”
- Chinese: “内弗辛克河”
- Hebrew: “נהר נברסינק”
- Irish: “Abhainn Neversink”
- Mingrelian: “ნევერსინკი”
- Venetian: “Neversink”
- Welsh: “Afon Neversink”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Duttonville and Tristates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carpenters Point and Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Orange County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Newburgh, Middletown, Port Jervis, and Warwick.
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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 “Neversink River”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.