The Finger Lakes Region

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Lake Facts

The Finger Lakes Region is bordered on the north by Lake Ontario and on the south by Pennsylvania. West of the Finger Lakes lies the Genesee Region and western New York. To the east are the Catskill Mountains, the Adirondacks and the Leatherstocking Region. Rochester and Syracuse are within easy driving distance of any Finger Lake.

The individual lakes – in alphabetical order
Not to scale

Canadice

Length: 3 miles long
Depth: 91 feet
Volume: 11 billion gallons
Shoreline: 7 miles
Size of Watershed: 12 sq. mls.
Elevation: 1099 feet

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Cayuga

Length: 38 miles long
Depth: 435 feet
Volume: 2.5 trillion gallons
Shoreline: 95 miles
Size of Watershed: 785 sq. mls.
Elevation: 384 feet

Conesus

Length: 8 miles long
Depth: 59 feet
Volume: 43 billion gallons
Shoreline: 19 miles
Size of Watershed: 89 square miles
Elevation: 818 feet

Hemlock

Length: 7 miles long
Depth: 90 feet
Volume: 29 billion gallons
Shoreline: 17 miles
Size of Watershed: 43 square miles
Elevation: 905 feet

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Honeoye

Length: 4 miles long
Depth: 30 feet
Volume: 9.5 billion gallons
Shoreline: 11 miles
Size of Watershed: 37 square miles
Elevation: 818 feet

Keuka

Length: 20 miles
Depth: 183 feet
Volume: 390 billion gallons
Shoreline: 59 miles
Size of Watershed: 187 sq. mls.
Elevation: 709 feet

Otisco

Length: 5 miles long
Depth: 66 feet
Volume: 21 billion gallons
Size of Watershed: 34 square miles
Elevation: 784 feet

Owasco

Length: 11 miles
Depth: 177 feet
Volume: 212 billion gallons
Size of Watershed: 208 sq. mls.
Elevation: 710 fee

Seneca

Length: 35 miles
Depth: 618 feet
Volume: 4.2 trillion gallons
Shoreline: 76 miles
Size of Watershed: 707 square miles
Elevation: 444 feet

Skaneateles

Length: 15 miles
Depth: 297 feet
Volume: 425 billion gallons
Size of Watershed: 73 sq. mls.
Elevation: 867 feet