Tioughnioga River

Overview | Suggested trips | Navigation guide | Access points | River gauges | Additional resources
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Overview

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Source: East Branch Tioughnioga River and West Branch Tioughnioga River at Cortland, NY
Mouth: Chenango River at Chenango Forks, NY
Mapped length: 33.6 miles
Average gradient: 7 ft/mile
Difficulty: class I
Significant hazards: strainers above Marathon

Suggested trips

Short: Hunts Creek to Lisle Main St
Length: 7.0 miles
Difficulty: class I
Significant hazards: none
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Medium: Whitney Point Main St to Rt 12
Length: 9.6 miles
Difficulty: class I-
Significant hazards: none
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Long: Yaman Park (East Branch Tioughnioga River) to Hunts Creek
Length: 14.5 miles
Difficulty: class I-
Significant hazards: strainers
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Overnight: Blodgett Mills Main St to Barker Hill Rd via Lighthouse Landing Campground
Length: 24.2 miles (15.4 miles + 8.8 miles)
Difficulty: class I
Significant hazards: strainers above Marathon
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Navigation guide

River mile	Type (key)	Description	Links
33.6			confluence pic
33.6+0.1			access map bridges pic
33.4
33.1			bridge pic
32.6			bridge pic
32.0
31.3			Trout Brook pic
30.8
30.6			islands pic
30.5
29.9			bridge pic access map
29.8
29.0			islands pic
27.8
27.4
27.1
26.4			island pic
26.3
26.0
25.1
24.8
24.5
23.5			bridge pic access map
23.3
22.7			island pic
22.2			islands pic
22.0
21.5			island pic
20.9			islands pic
20.6
20.1			island pic
19.5			island pic
19.2			access map Hunts Creek pic
19.1			bridge pic
19.0			access map
18.9
18.4
18.3
18.0
17.8
17.7
17.5
17.3
17.2
16.4			Jennings Creek pic
16.3			rapid pic
16.2
16.1
16.0			bridge pic
15.8
15.4
14.3
12.5
12.3
12.2			bridge pic access map
10.8			bridge pic
10.0			bridge pic
9.9			Otselic River pic
9.8			bridge pic access map
9.6
9.1
9.0			islands pic
8.3
7.5
7.0
6.0
5.7			bridge pic access pic | map
5.4
4.5			islands pic
4.2			access map
3.4
2.8
2.3
1.9
0.7
0.4			island pic
0.3
0.2			bridges pic access pic | map
0.1
0.0

Access points

River mile	Access (key)	Position	Nearest town	Type/condition	Links
33.6+0.1	Yaman Park (East Branch Tioughnioga River)	U/R	Cortland, NY	average grass/mud/gravel shore	map
29.9	Main St (Rt 121A)	D/R	Blodgett Mills, NY	average dirt/gravel shore	map
23.5	Rt 392	D/L	Messengerville, NY		map
19.2	Hunts Creek	U/L	Marathon, NY	excellent gravel shore	map
19.0	Lovell Field	L	Marathon, NY	poor grass/mud shore; short concrete ramp	map
12.2	Main St (Rt 79)	M/R	Lisle, NY	average rock shore	map
9.8	Main St (Rt 26/79)	M/R	Whitney Point, NY	good gravel shore	map
5.7	Barker Hill Rd	D/R	Itaska, NY	average steep mud/gravel shore	pic | map
4.2 ~	Halfway Brook	L	Itaska, NY		map
0.2	Rt 12	M/R	Chenango Forks, NY	excellent gravel shore	pic | map

River gauges

Station	River mile	Data and forecasts	Recommended level
Tioughnioga River at Cortland	33.4	USGS | NWS	at least 3.4 ft
Tioughnioga River at Lisle *	12.2	USGS | NWS	at least BLAH ft
Tioughnioga River at Itaska *	5.7	USGS | NWS	at least BLAH ft

Additional resources

Guidebooks: Canoeing and Kayaking New York (Cortland to Marathon) | Take a Paddle Finger Lakes (Marathon to Chenango Forks)

See also: Chenango River watershed | Chenango River