• The River
    • Eagles along the Hoosic
    • Meet the Hoosic
    • The Natural Community
    • The Watershed
      • Virtual Tour
  • About Us
    • Strategic Plan
    • History
    • Volunteers
  • Projects
    • Issues/Concerns
    • Videos
  • Recreation
    • Biking the Hoosic
    • Hiking the Hoosic Watershed
    • Paddling the Hoosic
    • Fishing In the Hoosic
    • River Flow Info
  • Advocacy
    • Reducing NPS Pollution
    • Remediation Projects
    • Restoring and Protecting Habitat
    • River and Trail Access
    • Sound Land Use
  • Calendar
  • Join/Renew/Donate
  • Blog
    • Facebook

Hoosic River Watershed Association

Meet the Hoosic

Some Facts and Figures

The Hoosic is a three-state river. It is fed by streams that run down from the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Taconics of New York, and the sides of Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts (3,491 ft.). It runs 70 miles from where it begins, at the Cheshire Reservoir in Massachusetts, to where it enters the Hudson river at Stillwater, NY. Altogether, the Hoosic and its tributaries drain 720 square miles of land. The river passes through several towns, but much of the watershed is farmland and forest.

Major tributaries are the Hoosic North Branch, the Green River, the Little Hoosic, the Walloomsac, the Owl Kill and the Tomhannock.

Detailed Maps

The Hoosic mainstem and its tributaries. The river flows north and west, into the Hudson.

The Hoosic mainstem and its tributaries. The river flows north and west, into the Hudson.

Parts of the Hoosic Watershed are protected or have some special status. In Massachusetts, 29 miles of the Hoosic have been adopted as a state-designated Local Scenic River. Two tributaries on the west side of Mount Greylock, Hopper and Money Brooks, are state-designated Natural Scenic Rivers. The Trustees of Reservations holds Mt. Greylock and nearby watershed lands in Massachusetts, and the Green Mountain National Forest holds much of the watershed acreage in VT. The Tomhannock Reservoir in New York is also protected, because it is the water supply for the city of Troy.

Subject Resources

Paddling between North Adams and Pownal is usuallly safest when the Williamstown gauge reads 200cfs - 700cfs.

Water Level



Click on graph to enlarge.
Use your judgment before leaving, if the river feels too dangerous for you, postpone your trip.

Sign up for our mailing list

Archive

Past Newsletters

Recent Posts

  • 2022 State of the River and 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act Video
  • Notes from the Field: Bacteria Testing in the Hoosic

Contact Us


906 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267 /
PO Box 667
(413) 458-2742
office@hoorwa.org

Copyright © 2023 · Website by Brainspiral

Copyright © 2023 · HooRWA 3 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in