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Raquette Lake

537 m1,762 ft
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
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Lake

Raquette Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

10.2 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
77.0 km
3D map

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

Surface
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Topographic map

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.

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Raquette Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Tioga Point CampgroundCampsite1.9 km NE
Parking2.3 km SSW
Campsite2.6 km WNW
Parking4.4 km WSW
Golden Beach CampgroundCampsite4.5 km ESE
Parking5.5 km SW
Trailhead5.7 km SW
Slope

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°.

Gentle, 0–15°
91.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.9%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 149 km² view
Relief in view
357 m low point 531 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 81.8%Water 16.4%Grassland 1.1%Wetland 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.1 km of Raquette Lake.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Bluff Point Hill695 m 3.5 km NE
  2. 2Fox Mountain626 m 4.0 km SW
  3. 3Wadsworth Mountain634 m 4.5 km SW
  4. 4West Mountain891 m 5.9 km WNW
  5. 5Estelle Mountain769 m 6.0 km SE
Wildlife

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 it sits

Where Raquette Lake sits

Range
Adirondack Mountains6
Region
New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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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 2026-09-11)
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