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Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary)

Coordinates: 43°51′09″N 73°51′00″W / 43.8524570°N 73.8499260°W / 43.8524570; -73.8499260
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Trout Brook
Stone Bridge Creek
Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary) is located in New York Adirondack Park
Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary)
Location of the mouth of Trout Brook
Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary) is located in the United States
Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary)
Trout Brook (Schroon River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCapital District
CountyWarren
TownSchroon Lake
Physical characteristics
MouthSchroon River
 • location
Town of Chester
 • coordinates
43°51′09″N 73°51′00″W / 43.8524570°N 73.8499260°W / 43.8524570; -73.8499260
 • elevation
801[1] ft (244 m)
Length15.7 miles (25.3 km)
Basin size90 square miles (230 km2)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionTrout Brook → Schroon River → Hudson RiverAtlantic Ocean

Trout Brook, known in older sources as Stone Bridge Creek, is a river that is located in Warren County, New York. The river, located in the eastern Adirondack Mountains, is a third-order tributary which flows 15.7 miles (25.3 km) southeast into the Schroon River, just south of Schroon Lake.[1] The river has three branches, and is stocked with 1,300 yearling brook trout by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.[3]

The river is most notable for running through the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves, a series of marble solutional caves which was formed by the river over the course of 14,000 years.[4] The river briefly becomes a subterranean river around the caves, resurfacing after 200 metres (660 ft) underground.[2]



References

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  1. ^ a b "Trout Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cooper, Max P.; Mylroie, John E. (2015). Glaciation and Speleogenesis: Interpretations from the Northeastern United States (1st 2015 ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-3-319-16534-9.
  3. ^ "Trout Brook". Adirondack Hub. Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Geology of Natural Stone Bridge & Caves" (PDF). Natural Stone Bridge & Caves. Retrieved 20 June 2024.