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Fishkill Ridge

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Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge
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Trailheads at Pocket Road and Sunnyside Road, Beacon, NY

Fishkill Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. At 33.5 miles it is the second longest stream in the county, after Wappinger Creek. It rises in the town of Union Vale and flows generally southwest to a small estuary on the Hudson just south of Beacon. Part of its 193-square-mile watershed is in Putnam County to the south. Sprout Creek, the county's third-longest creek, is its most significant tributary. Whaley and Sylvan lakes and Beacon Reservoir, its largest, deepest and highest lakes, are among the bodies of water within the watershed. While the creek is not impounded for use in any local water supply, it remains a focus of regional conservation efforts as a recreational and aesthetic resource, especially since the lower Fishkill watershed has been extensively developed in the last two decades. It flows through several local parks and is a popular trout stream. Industries and mills along it helped spur the settlement of the region.
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