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Seneca Lake

135 m443 ft
Area
175 km²
Max depth
188 m
Tonight
39°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–5 mph N

Seneca Lake is a lake at 135 m above sea level in New York, United States, 175 km² in area and 55.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
135 m
Length
55.0 km
Shoreline
128.3 km
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Lake

Seneca Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
128.3 km
3D map

Seneca Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Seneca 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

Seneca Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Seneca Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 39°F (4°C) · Wind 0–5 mph N

Seneca Lake forecast for about 137 m.

  • Tonight39°–0–5 mph N
  • Sat41°60°–1–5 mph S
  • Sun46°63°–1–8 mph S
  • Mon43°65°2%2–7 mph W
  • Tue40°52°2%6 mph N
  • Wed50°59°3%1–6 mph S
  • Thu51°65°14%13 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:59 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Seneca Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km W
Camp WhitmanCampsite3.1 km SW
Parking3.4 km NE
Parking3.7 km NE
Dresden TrailheadTrailhead5.8 km WNW
Hopeton Mills AccessTrailhead6.3 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
97.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
0.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
343 m low point 135 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 31.1%Trees 30.3%Water 20.8%Grassland 16.3%Built-up 1.5%

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 10 km; 781 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Purple-flowered raspberry28
  • Common Watersnake22
  • Dame's rocket22
  • Basswood20
  • Bloodroot18
  • American Toad17
Where it sits

Where Seneca Lake sits

Region
New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-09-24)
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