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Upper Saranac Lake
- Area
- 19 km²
- Tonight
- 35°FPartly cloudy · Wind 7 mph SW
Upper Saranac Lake is a lake at 479 m above sea level in New York, United States, 19 km² in area and 12.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 479 m
- Length
- 12.3 km
- Shoreline
- 74.6 km
Upper Saranac Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 74.6 km
Upper Saranac Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.3 × 14.3 km
Upper Saranac 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.
Upper Saranac Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Upper Saranac Lake weather
Today · Clear · 35 / 63°F (2 / 17°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph SW
Upper Saranac Lake forecast for about 522 m.
- Today35°63°1%6 mph SW
- Mon25°57°31%7 mph W
- Tue16°46°–5 mph N
- Wed35°54°–3 mph S
- Thu41°61°28%10 mph SW
- Fri37°58°15%6 mph W
- Sat42°60°15%5 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 06:11 UTC.
Camping & parking near Upper Saranac Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Upper Saranac Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Spider Creek Access
Nearest campsite
2.9 km NW
Nearest trailhead
Deer Pond Parking Area
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Spider Creek AccessParking | 2.6 km NW |
| Campsite | 2.9 km NW |
| Campsite | 2.9 km NW |
| Campsite | 2.9 km NNW |
| Follensby Clear Pond AccessParking | 3.2 km NNW |
| Deer Pond Parking AreaTrailhead | 3.9 km SSW |
| Parking | 3.9 km SSW |
| Fernow Forest Parking AreaTrailhead | 5.0 km SSW |
| Trombley Landing TrailheadTrailhead | 6.0 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 14.3 × 14.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 204 km² view
- Relief in view
- 301 m low point 467 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.1 km; 705 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Loon60
- American Toad47
- American white waterlily31
- Pickerelweed28
- Hobblebush24
- Ghost Pipe22
Where Upper Saranac Lake sits
- Range
- Adirondack Mountains6
- Region
- New York59United States943North America1,328
Nearby places
Lower Saranac Lake↑11 km E
Upper St. Regis Lake495 m↑13 km NNE
Lake Flower↑16 km E
Lake Placid566 m↑26 km E
Mirror Lake↑27 km E
More 1
More in the Adirondack Mountains 4
Upper Saranac 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-16)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)