Moodna Creek
| Moodna Creek Murderers' Creek Murderer's Creek | |
|---|---|
Moodna Creek from Forge Hill Rd. Bridge in New Windsor, showing widening of channel resulting from floods after Hurricane Irene | |
Moodna Creek and its watershed and major tributaries | |
| Native name | Waoraneck (Munsee language) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Orange |
| Towns | Cornwall, New Windsor, Blooming Grove |
| Villages | Washingtonville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Otter Kill |
| • location | Goshen Reservoir No. 2, Town of Goshen |
| • coordinates | 41°22′06″N 74°19′02″W / 41.36833°N 74.31722°W |
| • elevation | 460 ft (140 m) |
| 2nd source | Cromline Creek |
| • location | Tomahawk Lake, Blooming Grove |
| • coordinates | 41°24′57″N 74°13′07″W / 41.41583°N 74.21861°W |
| • elevation | 340 ft (100 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Blooming Grove, New York |
| • coordinates | 41°25′51″N 74°11′41″W / 41.43083°N 74.19472°W |
| • elevation | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Cornwall |
• coordinates | 41°27′13″N 74°01′00″W / 41.45361°N 74.01667°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 15.5 mi (24.9 km) |
| Basin size | 187.2 sq mi (485 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Woodbury Creek |
Moodna Creek (Munsee: Waoraneck) is a small tributary of the Hudson River that drains eastern Orange County, New York. At 15.5 miles (25 km) in length from its source at the confluence of Cromline Creek and Otter Kill west of Washingtonville, it is the longest stream located entirely within the county.
Despite its small size relative to the Hudson, it has been a major influence on the topography of eastern central Orange County. Its 187.2-square-mile (485 km2) watershed, including not only both its parent streams but Woodbury Creek as well, reaches as far inland as Warwick as well as 21 other area communities. Near Salisbury Mills it is crossed by the Moodna Viaduct, the longest actively used railroad trestle east of the Mississippi.