New York Gazetteer
Six Mile Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Tompkins County. The primary coordinates for Six Mile Creek places it within the NY 14850 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Six Mile Creek |
| Category: | New York physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | 20 mi. long; heads in the Town of Dryden 0.7 mi. ENE of Yellow Barn Hill, 2.9 mi. WNW of Dryden Lake, flows S, W, and NW through Yellow Barn State Forest, Hammond Hill State Forest, the Town of Caroline, the Town of Ithaca, and the City of Ithaca to enter Cayuga Inlet 1 mi. S of the mouth of Fall Creek. |
| History: | The name reportedly comes from a trail used by Native Americans which crossed this stream six miles from the Cascadilla Creek crossing in Ithaca |
| County: | Tompkins County |
| Latitude: | 42.4464617 |
| Longitude: | -76.5118856 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Six Mile Creek: Six Mile Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Six Mile Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Ithaca, NY
(< 0.1 mile) South Hill, NY (1.4 miles SE) Cayuga Heights, NY (1.4 miles NE) Northwest Ithaca, NY (1.4 miles WNW) East Ithaca, NY (1.9 miles ESE) |
Forest Home, NY
(2.4 miles ENE) Lansing, NY (3.1 miles NNE) Northeast Ithaca, NY (3.1 miles ENE) Varna, NY (3.9 miles E) South Lansing, NY (6.3 miles N) |
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Renwick, NY
(1.4 miles NNE) McKinneys, NY (2.4 miles N) Hayt Corner, NY (2.4 miles NW) Kennedy Corner, NY (3.1 miles W) Whipple Corner, NY (3.4 miles WNW) |
Krum Corner, NY
(4.1 miles NW) Van Dorn Corner, NY (4.1 miles W) Duboise Corner, NY (4.3 miles NNW) Hibbards Corner, NY (4.3 miles ESE) Meadowbrook Park, NY (4.9 miles SSW) |
