| Batten Kill Battenkill River | |
|---|---|
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 Batten Kill and tributaries | |
| Native name | Dionoondehowee |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont, New York |
| County | Bennington, Washington |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | East Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont; Green Mountains, Taconic Mountains |
| • coordinates | 43°14′53″N 73°00′16″W / 43.24806°N 73.00444°W |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Easton, New York |
• coordinates | 43°06′34″N 73°34′30″W / 43.10944°N 73.57500°W |
• elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Length | 59 mi (95 km) |
| Basin size | 407 sq mi (1,050 km2) |
The Batten Kill, Battenkill, or Battenkill River is a 59.4-mile-long (95.6 km)[1] river rising in Vermont that flows into New York and is a tributary of the Hudson River. It is the longest Hudson tributary on that river's east. As "kill" means a creek, the name "Battenkill River" is pleonastic.[2]
The mouth of the Batten Kill is in Easton, New York, and the source of the river is in East Dorset, Vermont.
The river is known for its fishing, as it has a prominent trout population. The Shushan Covered Bridge crosses it at one point, and the headquarters of the Orvis Corporation are also located along its course.
The Batten Kill valley is home to the Tour of the Battenkill, the largest road cycling race in North America.[citation needed]
The Native American name for the river is either Dionoondehowee[3] or Ondawa.[4]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ "Kill – definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Retrieved 2013-08-25.
- ^ Vasiliev, Ren. From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2004.
- ^ Meeks, Harold A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component..arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p77