Nine Mile Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
Region | Central New York |
County | Onondaga County |
Cities | Marietta, Marcellus, Camillus, Solvay, Syracuse |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Otisco Lake |
• location | Southeast of Marietta |
• coordinates | 42°54′16″N 76°18′47″W / 42.90442°N 76.3131°W |
• elevation | 785 ft (239 m) |
Mouth | Onondaga Lake |
• location | Lakeland |
• coordinates | 43°05′21″N 76°13′46″W / 43.08911°N 76.22952°W |
• elevation | 375 ft (114 m) |
Basin features | |
Waterfalls | Marcellus Falls |
Ninemile Creek, also known as Nine Mile Creek, is a stream in Central New York in the United States. Its source is at Otisco Lake in the town of Marcellus, from where the creek runs northward for 21.75 miles (35.00 km) through the villages of Marcellus and Camillus to Onondaga Lake in the town of Geddes. Nine Mile Creek is a scenic stream noted for trout fishing.
The Solvay Process Company deposited industrial waste near the creek and Onondaga Lake from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Recent reclamation has significantly restored quality in the final stretch of the creek. Farther to the south and upstream, the state of New York maintains fishing access sites.