Peconic River facts for kids
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The Peconic near its mouth in Riverhead, New York
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| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Brookhaven National Laboratory 249 feet (76 m) |
| River mouth | Riverhead/Flanders Bay 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 75 sq mi (194 km2) |
The Peconic River is a river within Suffolk County on Long Island, New York in the United States. The river is located in the eastern end of Long Island. The Peconic River drains an area between the Harbor Hill and Ronkonkoma terminal moraines, and flows into Flanders Bay which in turn connects to Peconic Bay east of Riverhead.
The river originates in bogs and wetlands in central Long Island near the Brookhaven National Laboratory and flows eastward to the Peconic Bay. It is the longest river on Long Island and is almost entirely within the Central Long Island Pine Barrens which was set up in 1993 to protect its relative wilderness standing.
It is fresh water until about the center of Riverhead where it becomes an estuary.
The river is slow-moving, making it ideal for canoeing and kayaking.
It forms the border between Brookhaven and Riverhead towns as well as the border between Riverhead and Southampton.
List of crossings of the Peconic River
| Crossings | Carries | Location | Coordinates |
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| Unnamed road bridge | Schultz Road (former Suffolk CR 25) |
South Manor and Calverton | |
| Unnamed road bridge | David Terry Street | Manorville and Calverton | ' |
| Unnamed road bridge | Connecticut Avenue | ||
| Unnamed railroad bridge | Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road | Calverton | |
| Unnamed road bridge | Edwards Avenue | ||
| Unnamed Road Bridge |  I-495 (Long Island Expressway) |
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| Peconic Lake Dam | Dam Road (Between South River and Forge Roads) |
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| Unnamed road bridge | Unnamed dead end street to LIPA Sub-station from NY 25 |
Riverside and Riverhead | |
| Unnamed road Bridge |  CR 94A (Center Drive) |
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| Unnamed road bridge | Peconic Avenue (former NY 24-113 overlap) |
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| Unnamed road bridge |  CR 105 (Cross River Drive) |
Flanders and Riverhead |
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