Tenmile Creek (Catskill Creek tributary)

Tenmile Creek
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyAlbany
TownsRensselaerville
VillagesMedusa
Physical characteristics
SourceMyosotis Lake
 • locationMyosotis Lake, Village of Rensselaerville
 • coordinates42°31′07.78″N 74°08′42.76″W / 42.5188278°N 74.1452111°W / 42.5188278; -74.1452111
MouthCatskill Creek
 • location
Oak Hill, New York
 • coordinates
42°24′13.34″N 74°08′06.88″W / 42.4037056°N 74.1352444°W / 42.4037056; -74.1352444
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)

Tenmile Creek[1] is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km)[2] tributary of Catskill Creek in Albany County, New York. Via Catskill Creek, it is part of the Hudson River watershed.

Tenmile Creek runs through the villages of Rensselaerville and Medusa in the town of Rensselaerville. It approaches the village through a deep ravine, falling 200 feet (61 m) in the course of 0.6 miles (1.0 km), which afforded great hydraulic power to early settlers.[3] The mill house in Medusa stood until the 1980s, when it was destroyed by fire.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenmile Creek (Catskill Creek tributary)
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. ^ Albany Hill Towns Wiki, Albany Hill Towns Wiki. Accessed June 30, 2010.