Three main streams running off of Clausland Mountain are what start The Sparkill Creek. This land is protected by The Town of Orangetown, The County of Rockland and The State of New York. The land where it ends is protected by The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and The National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
Clausland Mountain, a multi-agency success story of preservation
A pro-environmental effort that included many public and private organizations
Where the "Blauvelt" stream starts off
Where the "Orangeburg" stream starts off
Where the "Sparkill" stream starts off
The creek forms, notice the clear water and lack of silt
Entering residential Orangeburg and Blauvelt
Traveling through commercial and industrial zones in Orangeburg and Tappan
Flowing through residential Tappan and under Kings Highway
Entering Historic Tappan
Out from under Washington Street and passed a town park
Through a wooded area of Palisades
Flowing under the Valentine Avenue Bridge through The Sparkill Gap area
