New YorkNatural lakeOnondaga 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 managed by New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

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CountiesOnondaga County

Coordinates42.8625, -76.3728

Surface area8,800 acres

Max depth300 ft

RiverSkaneateles Creek

Managed byNew York Department of Environmental Conservation

Swimming beaches on Skaneateles 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.

Skaneateles Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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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

Is Skaneateles Lake good for swimming?

The center of the lake is at 42.8625, -76.3728. Surface elevation is about 863 feet. Maximum depth is around 300 feet.

Glenwood Beach, on Owasco Lake, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 8 miles off. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach. Skaneateles Lake has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities.

Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed. Skaneateles Lake has no public water level gauge that we can read, so there is no level chart here. An invented number would be worse than none.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. No public sensor reports water temperature at Skaneateles Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim.

The closest lakes in this guide are Owasco Lake (New York, 8 mi), Onondaga Lake (New York, 18 mi) and Cayuga Lake (New York, 21 mi). New York has 32 lakes on this site in total.