Lakes

Lakes and reservoirs in New York

This guide covers 15 lakes and reservoirs in New York. 6 of them have a public water level gauge, and together they hold 2 mapped swimming spots. Each page carries the live level where an agency publishes one, plus weather, access points and sources.

15Lakes
6Live gauges
2Swimming spots

Lakes in New York

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Every lake, by relevance

Ordered by how much people search for them.

Seneca Lake

New York · Seneca County

Seneca Lake

Seneca Lake is a lake of some 42,749 acres on the Seneca River, in New York. It lies in Seneca County. New York Department of…

Natural lake1 beach
Great Sacandaga Lake

New York · Fulton County

Great Sacandaga Lake

Great Sacandaga Lake is a 20,650-acre reservoir on the Sacandaga River in New York. The lake is in Fulton County. Hudson…

Reservoir
Skaneateles Lake

New York · Onondaga County

Skaneateles Lake

Skaneateles Lake covers about 8,800 acres of the Skaneateles Creek in New York. Its shoreline falls inside Onondaga County. It is…

Natural lake
Cayuga Lake

New York · Cayuga County

Cayuga Lake

Fed by the Seneca River, Cayuga Lake holds roughly 42,502 acres of water in New York. Its shoreline falls inside Cayuga County.…

Natural lake
Keuka Lake

New York · Steuben County

Keuka Lake

Keuka Lake covers about 11,738 acres of the Keuka Lake Outlet in New York. You will find it in Steuben County. NYSDEC / Keuka…

Natural lake
Canandaigua Lake

New York · Ontario County

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…

Natural lake
Oneida Lake

New York · Oswego County

Oneida Lake

Oneida Lake is a 51,151-acre lake on the Oneida River in New York. Its shoreline falls inside Oswego County. NY State Canal…

Natural lake
Chautauqua Lake

New York · Chautauqua County

Chautauqua Lake

Fed by the Chadakoin River, Chautauqua Lake holds roughly 13,097 acres of water in New York. The lake is in Chautauqua County. It…

Natural lake
Saratoga Lake

New York · Saratoga County

Saratoga Lake

Fed by the Fish Creek, Saratoga Lake holds roughly 3,762 acres of water in New York. The lake is in Saratoga County. NYSDEC / NY…

Natural lake
Schroon Lake

New York · Warren County

Schroon Lake

Schroon Lake covers about 4,257 acres of the Schroon River in New York. Its shoreline falls inside Warren County. New York State…

Natural lake
Owasco Lake

New York · Cayuga County

Owasco Lake

Fed by the Owasco River, Owasco Lake holds roughly 6,784 acres of water in New York. It lies in Cayuga County. NY DEC manages it.…

Natural lake1 beach
Conesus Lake

New York · Livingston County

Conesus Lake

Conesus Lake is a lake of some 3,410 acres on the Conesus Creek, in New York. You will find it in Livingston County. It is…

Natural lake
Ashokan Reservoir

New York · Ulster County

Ashokan Reservoir

Ashokan Reservoir is a 8,300-acre reservoir on the Esopus Creek in New York. You will find it in Ulster County. It is managed by…

Reservoir
Delta Lake

New York · Oneida County

Delta Lake

Delta Lake is a reservoir of some 2,377 acres on the Mohawk River, in New York. Its shoreline falls inside Oneida County.…

Reservoir
Lake Placid

New York · Essex County

Lake Placid

Lake Placid is a 984-acre lake in New York. The lake is in Essex County. Management is in the hands of NYSDEC / Essex County.

Natural lake

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