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Skaneateles Lake

263 m863 ft
Area
35 km²
Max depth
91 m
Tonight
36°FCloudy · Wind 2 mph SE

Skaneateles Lake is a lake at 263 m above sea level in New York, United States, 35 km² in area and 24.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
263 m
Length
24.1 km
Shoreline
54.1 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Skaneateles Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

24.1 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
54.1 km
3D map

Skaneateles 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

Skaneateles 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

Skaneateles Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Skaneateles Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 36°F (2°C) · Wind 2 mph SE

Skaneateles Lake forecast for about 272 m.

  • Tonight36°–2 mph SE
  • Sat38°59°–2 mph S
  • Sun43°61°–6 mph S
  • Mon38°63°1%2–7 mph W
  • Tue35°51°1%5 mph N
  • Wed46°58°6%1–5 mph S
  • Thu48°63°18%12 mph S

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Skaneateles Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking2.7 km W
Carpenter Falls Parking AreaParking6.0 km SSE
Parking6.1 km SE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
95.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
4.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.5% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
449 m low point 157 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 42.4%Cropland 30.9%Grassland 14.2%Water 11.4%Built-up 1.0%

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; 789 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Purple-flowered raspberry25
  • Wide leek24
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21
  • Eastern hemlock21
  • Hickory Tussock Moth19
  • American tuliptree18
Where it sits

Where Skaneateles Lake sits

Region
New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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 2026-08-09)
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