Dyken Pond

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|name= Dyken Pond

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|type= Lake

|location = Towns of Grafton and Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York

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|outflow = Poesten Kill

|length = {{convert|1.4|mi|abbr=on}}

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|area = {{convert|134|acre|abbr=on}}

|depth = {{convert|16|ft|abbr=on}}

|max-depth = {{convert|35|ft|abbr=on}}

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|shore = {{convert|5.1|mi|abbr=on}}

|elevation = {{convert|1625|ft|abbr=on}}

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|coordinates = {{coord|42|43|24|N|73|25|32|W|type:waterbody_region:US-NY_source:GNIS|display=it}}

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in New York

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Dyken Pond is a {{convert|134|acre|adj=on}} lake in the towns of Grafton and Berlin in Rensselaer County, New York.{{cite web | url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/84682.html | title=Dyken Pond | publisher=New York State Department of Environmental Conservation | access-date=4 September 2016}}{{cite GNIS|948897|Dyken Pond|September 7, 2016}} The pond gets water primarily from precipitation and outflows westward into the Poesten Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River. It is located in northwest Berlin, south of Grafton Lakes State Park.

Dyken Pond is {{convert|1.4|mi}} long with a shoreline length of {{convert|5.1|mi}}; its maximum depth is {{convert|35|ft}} with an average depth of {{convert|16|ft}}. It sits at an elevation of {{convert|1625|ft|m}}.

Formerly a small pond, Dyken Pond was enlarged to its current size in 1902 after a dam was built to regulate water power and reduce flooding. The dam was constructed by the Manning Paper Company, who later donated their land holdings in the vicinity of the pond to Rensselaer County in 1973.{{cite book |last=Warren |first=John |title=The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781625842756 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMR2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT12 |access-date=September 8, 2016}} That land became part of the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, a {{convert|594|acre|km2|adj=on}} property that is accessible to the public for the purpose of outdoor education and low-impact recreation.{{cite web |url=http://dykenpond.org/ |title=Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center |publisher=Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center |access-date=September 7, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/84382.html |title=Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center | publisher=New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |access-date=September 7, 2016}}

The pond facilitates fishing for chain pickerel and panfish, and ice fishing is permitted.