Neversink River
The Neversink River (also called Neversink Creek in its upper course) is a 55-mile-long (89 km) tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern New York in the United States. The name of the river comes from the corruption of an Algonquian language phrase meaning "mad river."
| Neversink River | |
|---|---|
The Neversink at Oakland Valley | |
The Neversink and its two branches | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Orange, Sullivan |
| City | Port Jervis |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | East Branch Neversink River |
| • location | S of col between Slide and Cornell mountains, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County |
| • coordinates | 41°59′40″N 74°22′21″W |
| • elevation | 2,960 ft (900 m) |
| 2nd source | West Branch Neversink River |
| • location | NW slope of Slide Mountain, Town of Shandaken |
| • coordinates | 42°00′19″N 74°23′29″W |
| • elevation | 3,480 ft (1,060 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | S of Claryville, Sullivan County |
| • coordinates | 41°54′57″N 74°34′29″W |
| • elevation | 1,600 ft (490 m) |
| Mouth | Delaware River |
• location | Port Jervis, Orange County |
• coordinates | 41°21′24″N 74°41′43″W |
• elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Length | 55 mi (89 km) |
| Basin size | 435 sq mi (1,130 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Godeffroy, NY |
| • average | 463 cu ft/s (13.1 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 32 cu ft/s (0.91 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 33,000 cu ft/s (930 m3/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Claryville |
| • average | 174 cu ft/s (4.9 m3/s) |
The Neversink River is considered by many to be the birthplace of American dry fly fishing.
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