Hayden Creek is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
Otsego County, in the U.S. State of
New York
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. It begins north-northwest of the Hamlet of
East Springfield and flows generally southward before flowing into
Otsego Lake south of the Hamlet of
Springfield Center.
Course
Hayden Creek begins northeast of the Hamlet of Springfield Center and flows southwest before flowing into
Summit Lake. It then exits the lake and flows southward, crossing under
U.S. Route 20, and then flows into Shipman Pond. It then exits the pond and continues flowing southward through Springfield Center before flowing into Otsego Lake south of Springfield Center.
Fishing
Suckers can be speared and taken in the section of the creek from the mouth to the Shipman Pond dam from January 1 to May 15, each year.
References
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Rivers of Otsego County, New York
Rivers of New York (state)