| Neversink River | |
|---|---|
 The Neversink at Oakland Valley | |
 The Neversink and its two branches | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Orange, Sullivan |
| City | Port Jervis |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | East Branch Neversink River |
| • location | S of col between Slide and Cornell mountains, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County |
| • coordinates | 41°59′40″N 74°22′21″W / 41.99444°N 74.37250°W |
| • elevation | 2,960 ft (900 m) |
| 2nd source | West Branch Neversink River |
| • location | NW slope of Slide Mountain, Town of Shandaken |
| • coordinates | 42°00′19″N 74°23′29″W / 42.00528°N 74.39139°W |
| • elevation | 3,480 ft (1,060 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | S of Claryville, Sullivan County |
| • coordinates | 41°54′57″N 74°34′29″W / 41.91583°N 74.57472°W |
| • elevation | 1,600 ft (490 m) |
| Mouth | Delaware River |
• location | Port Jervis, Orange County |
• coordinates | 41°21′24″N 74°41′43″W / 41.35667°N 74.69528°W |
• elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Length | 55 mi (89 km) |
| Basin size | 435 sq mi (1,130 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Godeffroy, NY |
| • average | 463 cu ft/s (13.1 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 32 cu ft/s (0.91 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 33,000 cu ft/s (930 m3/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Claryville |
| • average | 174 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]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ Askins, Justin. The Legendary Neversink: A Treasury of the Best Writing About One of America's Great Trout Rivers, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, page xv