Croton Falls Reservoir
- Area
- 2.38 km²
- Tonight
- 30°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3 mph N
Croton Falls Reservoir is a lake at 94 m above sea level in New York, United States, 2.38 km² in area and 3.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 94 m
- Length
- 3.6 km
- Shoreline
- 14.1 km
Croton Falls Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 14.1 km≈3½ h to walk around
Croton Falls Reservoir 3D map
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Croton Falls Reservoir terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Croton Falls Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Croton Falls Reservoir weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 30°F (-1°C) · Wind 3 mph N
Croton Falls Reservoir forecast for about 97 m.
- Tonight30°–3 mph N
- Sat30°61°–3 mph N
- Sun34°64°–2 mph W
- Mon43°67°–3 mph NW
- Tue35°59°1%7 mph N
- Wed41°58°4%3 mph E
- Thu46°65°4%1–7 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:59 UTC.
Camping & parking near Croton Falls Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Croton Falls Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.2 km NNE
Nearest trailhead
Rhinoceros Creek Trail
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.3 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.3 km NNE |
| Rhinoceros Creek TrailTrailhead | 3.7 km S |
| Rhinoceros CreekTrailhead | 3.7 km S |
| Rhinoceros Creek ReservationTrailhead | 3.7 km S |
Slope
Share of the 5.6 × 5.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.0% of the 31 km² view
- Relief in view
- 162 m low point 59 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.8 km; 390 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee23
- Tufted Titmouse21
- Dark-eyed Junco19
- Asian Lady Beetle17
- Black-capped Chickadee16
- Blue Jay15
Where Croton Falls Reservoir sits
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Carmel↑9.9 km N
Muscoot ReservoirLake · 61 m↑12 km SSW
New Croton reservoirLake↑21 km SW
Sylvan Lake98 m↑27 km NNW
Kensico ReservoirLake↑33 km SSW
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Croton Falls Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)