Neversink River

Neversink River
The Neversink at Oakland Valley
The Neversink and its two branches
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesOrange, Sullivan
CityPort Jervis
Physical characteristics
SourceEast Branch Neversink River
 • locationS of col between Slide and Cornell mountains, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County
 • coordinates41°59′40″N 74°22′21″W / 41.99444°N 74.37250°W / 41.99444; -74.37250
 • elevation2,960 ft (900 m)
2nd sourceWest Branch Neversink River
 • locationNW slope of Slide Mountain, Town of Shandaken
 • coordinates42°00′19″N 74°23′29″W / 42.00528°N 74.39139°W / 42.00528; -74.39139
 • elevation3,480 ft (1,060 m)
Source confluence 
 • locationS of Claryville, Sullivan County
 • coordinates41°54′57″N 74°34′29″W / 41.91583°N 74.57472°W / 41.91583; -74.57472
 • elevation1,600 ft (490 m)
MouthDelaware River
 • location
Port Jervis, Orange County
 • coordinates
41°21′24″N 74°41′43″W / 41.35667°N 74.69528°W / 41.35667; -74.69528
 • elevation
400 ft (120 m)
Length55 mi (89 km)
Basin size435 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationGodeffroy, NY
 • average463 cu ft/s (13.1 m3/s)
 • minimum32 cu ft/s (0.91 m3/s)
 • maximum33,000 cu ft/s (930 m3/s)
Discharge 
 • locationClaryville
 • average174 cu ft/s (4.9 m3/s)

The Neversink River (also called Neversink Creek in its upper course) is a 55-mile-long (89 km)[1] 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."[citation needed]

The Neversink River is considered by many to be the birthplace of American dry fly fishing.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Askins, Justin. The Legendary Neversink: A Treasury of the Best Writing About One of America's Great Trout Rivers, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, page xv