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The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes located directly south of Lake Ontario in an area called the Finger Lakes region in New York, in the United States. This region straddles the northern and transitional edge of the Northern Allegheny Plateau , known as the Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges ecoregion ...
Map showing Owasco Lake and the other Finger Lakes in relation to Lake Ontario and upstate New York. Owasco Lake is an excellent recreation spot. Because it is smaller and shallower than many other Finger Lakes, its waters warm up much more quickly, so swimming, water-skiing, and boating are popular.
Map showing Seneca Lake and the other Finger Lakes in relation to Lake Ontario and upstate New York For comparison, Scotland's famous Loch Ness is 22.5 miles (36.2 km) long, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) wide, has a surface area of 21.8 square miles (56 km 2 ), an average depth of 433 feet (132 m), a maximum depth of 744.6 feet (227.0 m), and total volume ...
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Keuka Lake (/ ˈ k juː k ə / KEW-kə) is one of the major Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. It is unusual because it is Y-shaped, in contrast to the long and narrow shape of the other Finger Lakes. Because of its shape, it was referred to in the past as Crooked Lake. Keuka means 'canoe landing' or 'lake with an elbow' in the Seneca ...
Map of the Finger Lakes. The lake depth, with steep east and west sides and shallow north and south ends, is typical of the Finger Lakes, as they were carved by glaciers during the last ice age. The water level is regulated by the Mud Lock at the north end of the lake. It is connected to Lake Ontario by the Erie Canal and Seneca Lake by the ...
5 places to visit in the Finger Lakes for great fall foliage photos Foliage starts to take on the bright colors of fall in the gorge at Letchworth State Park in Mount Morris on Oct. 3, 2013.
The Finger Lakes National Forest is a United States National Forest that encompasses 16,259 acres (65.80 km 2) of Seneca and Schuyler counties, nestled between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of the State of New York. It has over 30 miles (50 km) of interconnecting trails that traverse gorges, ravines, pastures, and ...