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Owasco Lake

217 m712 ft
Area
27 km²
Max depth
54 m
Tonight
31°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3 mph S

Owasco Lake is a lake at 217 m above sea level in New York, United States, 27 km² in area and 17.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
217 m
Length
17.7 km
Shoreline
42.0 km
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Lake

Owasco Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

17.7 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
42.0 km
3D map

Owasco Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 19.7 × 19.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Owasco Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Owasco Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Owasco Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 31°F (-1°C) · Wind 3 mph S

Owasco Lake forecast for about 216 m.

  • Tonight31°–3 mph S
  • Today37°60°–3 mph S
  • Sun42°63°–6 mph S
  • Mon35°64°4%3–8 mph W
  • Tue31°50°–6 mph N
  • Wed44°59°2%2–6 mph SE
  • Thu48°66°15%13 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 08:49 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Owasco Lake

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking5.6 km NE
Parking5.7 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 19.7 × 19.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.6%
Steep, 30–45°
0.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.2% of the 388 km² view
Relief in view
305 m low point 187 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 43.9%Trees 31.2%Grassland 13.6%Water 10.0%Built-up 1.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.8 km; 769 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel14
  • Common buckthorn14
  • American Robin12
  • Asian Lady Beetle12
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug12
  • European swallow-wort12
Where it sits

Where Owasco Lake sits

Region
New York58United States935North America1,317
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Owasco Lake 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 2026-08-09)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia