Henderson Lake
- Area
- 1.02 km²
- Tonight
- 22°FCloudy · Wind 3 mph NE
Henderson Lake is a lake at 553 m above sea level in New York, United States, 1.02 km² in area and 3.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 553 m
- Length
- 3.1 km
- Shoreline
- 11.2 km
Henderson Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 11.2 km≈2¾ h to walk around
Henderson Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.1 × 5.1 km
Henderson Lake terrain and contours
25 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.
Henderson Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Henderson Lake weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 22°F (-6°C) · Wind 3 mph NE
Henderson Lake forecast for about 671 m.
- Tonight22°–3 mph NE
- Sat29°54°–3 mph NW
- Sun38°59°–3 mph W
- Mon29°56°3%5 mph W
- Tue26°46°4%2 mph N
- Wed36°50°7%2 mph S
- Thu42°56°27%2–6 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:36 UTC.
Camping & parking near Henderson Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Henderson Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Upper Works Parking Area
Nearest campsite
2.7 km NNE
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Upper Works Parking AreaParking | 1.1 km SE |
| East River Parking AreaParking | 1.5 km SE |
| Bradley Pond Parking AreaParking | 2.5 km S |
| Campsite | 2.7 km NNE |
| Calamity BrookCampsite | 3.9 km ENE |
| Campsite | 4.6 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 5.1 × 5.1 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.8% of the 26 km² view
- Relief in view
- 618 m low point 525 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 2.6 km; 163 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern whitecedar24
- Balsam fir21
- American Toad14
- Yellow birch11
- Narrowleaf Gentian9
- Eastern Newt8
Where Henderson Lake sits
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Avalanche Lake↑9.1 km ENE
Lake Tear of the Clouds↑11 km E
Mount MarcyPeak · 1,629 m↑12 km ENE
Mirror Lake↑23 km NNE
Lake Placid566 m↑25 km NNE
More 1
Henderson Lake 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 2026-09-11)
- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)