Onondaga Creek
| Onondaga Creek | |
|---|---|
Onondaga Creek (2016) | |
Onondaga Creek watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Onondaga County, New York |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Vesper |
| Mouth | Onondaga Lake |
• location | Syracuse |
• coordinates | 43°4′4″N 76°10′41″W / 43.06778°N 76.17806°W |
| Length | 27.2 mi (43.8 km) |
| Basin size | 111 sq mi (290 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Syracuse |
| • average | 183 cu ft/s (5.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 23 cu ft/s (0.65 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 2,040 cu ft/s (58 m3/s) |
Onondaga Creek is a major tributary of Onondaga Lake which is located in Onondaga County, New York. The headwaters of the creek originate 27 miles (43 km) south of the city of Syracuse near the hamlet of Vesper, in the town of Tully, New York. The creek flows north through the Tully Valley and through the city of Syracuse where it empties into Onondaga Lake.
The major tributaries of Onondaga Creek are the West Branch of Onondaga Creek, Hemlock Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf.
The creek is navigable by canoe and kayak from the southern border of the city to Onondaga lake.