Skaneateles Creek

Coordinates: 43°00′43″N 76°28′12″W / 43.011990°N 76.469867°W / 43.011990; -76.469867
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Skaneateles Creek
Jordan Aqueduct over Limestone Creek
Skaneateles Creek is located in New York Adirondack Park
Skaneateles Creek
Location of the mouth within New York
Skaneateles Creek is located in the United States
Skaneateles Creek
Skaneateles Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Physical characteristics
SourceSkaneateles Lake
 • locationSkaneateles
MouthSeneca River
 • location
Northwest of Jordan
 • coordinates
43°00′43″N 76°28′12″W / 43.011990°N 76.469867°W / 43.011990; -76.469867
Basin size101 sq mi (260 km2)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionSkaneateles Creek → Seneca River → Oswego RiverLake OntarioSt. Lawrence RiverGulf of St. LawrenceAtlantic Ocean
WaterfallsSkaneateles Falls

Skaneateles Creek is a river in New York, the United States. It drains Skaneateles Lake to the Seneca River. It flows through Skaneateles, Skaneateles Falls, Mottville, Elbridge, and Jordan before joining the Seneca River, about 2 miles northwest of Jordan, New York.

Though only approximately 10 miles long, Skaneateles Creek has 21 dams inventoried by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The Erie Canal crossed over Skaneateles Creek on the Jordan Aqueduct.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "USGS 0423701505 SKANEATELES CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR JORDAN NY". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 1, 2021.