Tenmile Creek is a 15 miles (24.1 km) tributary of Catskill Creek

Catskill Creek

Catskill Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east northern Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Franklinton Vlaie in Schoharie County it flows southeast through parts of Albany County and Greene County to its mouth at the village of Catskill on...

 in Albany County, New York

Albany County, New York

Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...

. Via Catskill Creek, it is part of the Hudson River

Hudson River

The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

 watershed.

Tenmile Creek runs through the villages of Rensselaerville and Medusa

Medusa, New York

Medusa is a hamlet in Albany County, New York in the United States. The population was 376 at the 2000 census.Medusa is a community in the Town of Rensselaerville.-Geography:Medusa is located at ....

 in the town of Rensselaerville

Rensselaerville, New York

Rensselaerville is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,843 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Stephen Van Rensselaer...

. It approaches the village through a deep ravine, falling 200 feet (61 m) in the course of 0.6 mile (0.965604 km), which afforded great hydraulic power to early settlers. The mill house in Medusa stood until the 1980s, when it was destroyed by fire.