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Canandaigua Lake
Canandaigua Lake is a 10,626-acre lake on the Canandaigua Outlet in New York. It lies in Ontario County. It is managed by NY DEC / NY State Parks.
Coordinates42.7567, -77.3178
Surface area10,626 acres
Max depth276 ft
RiverCanandaigua Outlet
Managed byNY DEC / NY State Parks
Swimming beaches on Canandaigua Lake
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Canandaigua Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
About Canandaigua Lake
On the map, Canandaigua Lake is centered near 42.7567, -77.3178. It reaches roughly 276 feet at its deepest. Surface elevation is about 689 feet.
If you need a named beach, Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forests on Seneca Lake is some 32 miles from here. No agency lists a named swimming spot at Canandaigua Lake. Shoreline access here is likely informal. Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank.
If Canandaigua Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Honeoye Lake (New York, 10 mi), Keuka Lake (New York, 20 mi) and Conesus Lake (New York, 20 mi). New York has 32 lakes on this site in total.
Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring.
Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none. No public gauge reports the water level at Canandaigua Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.
Questions about Canandaigua Lake
Is there a beach at Canandaigua Lake?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Canandaigua Lake?
About 10,626 acres. Maximum depth is around 276 feet.
What other lakes are near Canandaigua Lake?
The closest in this guide is Honeoye Lake, about 10 miles away in New York.
Lakes near Canandaigua Lake
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.