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Raquette Lake
- Area
- 22 km²
- Tonight
- 23°FCloudy · Wind 0 mph
Raquette Lake is a lake at 537 m above sea level in New York, United States, 22 km² in area and 10.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 537 m
- Length
- 10.2 km
- Shoreline
- 77.0 km
Raquette Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 77.0 km
Raquette Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.2 × 12.2 km
Raquette 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.
Raquette Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Raquette Lake weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 23°F (-5°C) · Wind 0 mph
Raquette Lake forecast for about 538 m.
- Tonight23°–0 mph
- Sat24°57°–1 mph NW
- Sun39°60°–1 mph SW
- Mon29°58°7%2 mph W
- Tue26°49°4%1 mph N
- Wed38°54°8%1 mph SW
- Thu43°59°28%3 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:36 UTC.
Camping & parking near Raquette Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Raquette Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Tioga Point Campground
Nearest parking
2.3 km SSW
Nearest trailhead
5.7 km SW
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Tioga Point CampgroundCampsite | 1.9 km NE |
| Parking | 2.3 km SSW |
| Campsite | 2.6 km WNW |
| Parking | 4.4 km WSW |
| Golden Beach CampgroundCampsite | 4.5 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.5 km SW |
| Trailhead | 5.7 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 12.2 × 12.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 149 km² view
- Relief in view
- 357 m low point 531 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 6.1 km of Raquette Lake.
Summit list 5
- 1Bluff Point Hill695 m 3.5 km NE
- 2Fox Mountain626 m 4.0 km SW
- 3Wadsworth Mountain634 m 4.5 km SW
- 4West Mountain891 m 5.9 km WNW
- 5Estelle Mountain769 m 6.0 km SE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.1 km; 353 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eastern white pine33
- American Toad25
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander18
- Canadian bunchberry16
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander14
- Pickerelweed14
Where Raquette Lake sits
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains6
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Big Moose Lake↑17 km W
Brantingham Lake372 m↑54 km WSW
Henderson Lake↑54 km ENE
Iron Lake614 m↑59 km S
Avalanche Lake↑63 km ENE
More in the Adirondack Mountains 5
Raquette 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)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia