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Kensico Reservoir

108 m354 ft
Area
8.59 km²
Tonight
37°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3 mph N

Kensico Reservoir is a lake at 108 m above sea level in New York, United States, 8.59 km² in area and 6.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
108 m
Length
6.6 km
Shoreline
50.4 km
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Lake

Kensico Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.6 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
50.4 km
3D map

Kensico Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.6 × 8.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Kensico Reservoir terrain and contours

5 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.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Kensico Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Kensico Reservoir weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 37°F (3°C) · Wind 3 mph N

Kensico Reservoir forecast for about 108 m.

  • Tonight37°–3 mph N
  • Sat37°61°–5 mph N
  • Sun40°64°–3 mph W
  • Mon46°68°–5 mph W
  • Tue38°60°1%5–9 mph N
  • Wed44°58°3%5 mph E
  • Thu48°65°5%2–7 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:59 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kensico Reservoir

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kensico Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.7 km SE
Parking0.8 km SE
Parking1.2 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
91.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.5% of the 74 km² view
Relief in view
148 m low point 54 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.9%Water 11.8%Grassland 11.0%Built-up 8.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.3 km of Kensico Reservoir.

NESW1 km3 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Cooney Hill170 m 1.7 km NE
  2. 2Reynolds Hill180 m 2.7 km NW
  3. 3Kennelwood Hill156 m 2.7 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.3 km; 1,368 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American wintergreen82
  • Ghost Pipe74
  • Mapleleaf viburnum59
  • Striped wintergreen59
  • North American Green Frog57
  • Spotted Lanternfly55
Where it sits

Where Kensico Reservoir sits

Region
New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Kensico Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia