New York
Downstate New York
Westchester County

Pocantico River

The Pocantico River is a nine-mile-long tributary of the in western central , United States. It rises from Echo Lake, in the town of south of the hamlet of , and flows generally southwest past Briarcliff Manor to its outlet at .
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Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Westchester County, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Gory Creek”, “Mill River”, “Pocanteco Creek”, “Pocantico Brook”, “Sleepers Haven Kill”, “Sleepy Haven Creek”, “Sleepy Hollow Brook”, “Sleepy Hollow Creek”, and “Upper Mill River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown Light.

Church
Photo: James Russiello, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dutch Reformed Church, is a 17th-century stone church located on Albany Post Road in , New York, United States.

Lighthouse
Photo: Skip willits, Public domain.
, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the in , New York, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown.

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in in the state of . It was one of the settings for Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

Photo: SteveStrummer, CC0.
is a village in the town of in , , . It is located on the eastern bank of the , approximately 25 miles north of in , and is served by a on the Metro-North Hudson Line.

Hamlet
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
is a business district and former hamlet in , Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately 25 miles north of .

Pocantico River

Latitude
41.08908° or 41° 5′ 21″ north
Longitude
-73.86549° or 73° 51′ 56″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87H834QM+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 79234638
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5131814
Wiki­data ID
Q17110029
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Satellite Map

Discover Pocantico River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Pocantico River” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pocantico”
  • Cebuano: “Pocantico River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Pocantico”
  • Venetian: “Pocantico”
  • Welsh: “Afon Pocantico”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Philipse Manor station and Sleepy Hollow Manor.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Philipsburg Manor House and Philipsburg Manor Mill Pond.

Westchester County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Yonkers, White Plains, New Rochelle, and Mount Vernon.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Pocantico River”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.