Otsego Lake
- Area
- 17 km²
- Max depth
- 7 m
- Tonight
- 29°FCloudy · Wind 1 mph SE
Otsego Lake is a lake at 364 m above sea level in New York, United States, 17 km² in area and 12.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 364 m
- Length
- 12.7 km
- Shoreline
- 31.8 km
Otsego Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 31.8 km≈8 h to walk around
Otsego Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.7 × 14.7 km
Otsego Lake 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.
Otsego Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Otsego Lake weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 29°F (-2°C) · Wind 1 mph SE
Otsego Lake forecast for about 362 m.
- Tonight29°–1 mph SE
- Sat32°59°–2 mph SW
- Sun37°61°–5 mph SW
- Mon35°64°–6 mph W
- Tue30°53°1%5 mph N
- Wed40°56°6%3 mph S
- Thu45°63°18%7 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:59 UTC.
Camping & parking near Otsego Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Otsego Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.5 km NNE
Slope
Share of the 14.7 × 14.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.8% of the 216 km² view
- Relief in view
- 274 m low point 364 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 7.4 km of Otsego Lake.
Summit list 5
- 1Red House Hill490 m 1.2 km NNW
- 2Metcalf Hill598 m 4.1 km WNW
- 3Fitch Hill562 m 4.4 km W
- 4Mount Wellington557 m 5.2 km NNE
- 5Rum Hill641 m 5.7 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.4 km; 750 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mallard42
- Eastern Newt38
- Hickory Tussock Moth26
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage23
- White-tailed Deer22
- Great Blue Heron21
Where Otsego Lake sits
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Iron Lake614 m↑66 km NNE
Great Sacandaga Lake↑71 km NE
Galway Lake↑74 km ENE
Cazenovia Lake366 m↑82 km WNW
Ballston Lake75 m↑87 km ENE
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Otsego 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-02)
- 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
- 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)