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Moyer Creek

Coordinates: 43°02′37″N 75°04′10″W / 43.04361°N 75.06944°W / 43.04361; -75.06944
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Moyer Creek
Moyer Creek is located in New York Adirondack Park
Moyer Creek
Location of the mouth of Moyer Creek
Moyer Creek is located in the United States
Moyer Creek
Moyer Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Physical characteristics
SourceWheelock Pond
 • locationJerusalem Hill, New York
MouthMohawk River
 • location
Frankfort, New York
 • coordinates
43°02′37″N 75°04′10″W / 43.04361°N 75.06944°W / 43.04361; -75.06944
 • elevation
385 ft (117 m)
Basin size20.2 sq mi (52 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBlack Creek

Moyer Creek starts at Wheelock Pond near Jerusalem Hill, New York. Past Gulph, New York Moyer Creek follows a deep ravine, the Frankfort Gorge, south towards Frankfort, New York before converging with the Mohawk River in Frankfort, New York.[1] The headwaters of Moyer Creek rise within a half mile of the source of the Unadilla River which is the most northerly headwater source of the Susquehanna and the closest to the Mohawk River.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Moyer Creek". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Frankfort". scenectadyhistory.org. Schenectady history. Retrieved April 21, 2017.