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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 ...
State park: Location: 2063 Lake Road Aurora, New York [1] Coordinates: Area: 297 acres (1.20 km 2) [2] Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 32,798 (in 2014) [3] Open: All year: Website: Long Point State Park State Park
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.0 square miles (96 km 2), of which, 35.7 square miles (92 km 2) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) (3.70%) is water. The western town line is delineated by Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. The southern town line is the border of Schuyler County. Yates county ...
An aerial view of the western end of the parkway and Oak Orchard Creek. The entirety of the 35.05-mile (56.41 km) Lake Ontario State Parkway mainline is designated as NY 947A, while the 0.55-mile (0.89 km) connector between the parkway and NY 18 in Lakeside Beach State Park—named Lakeside Beach Road—is designated as NY 948A.
Alfred is a village located in the town of Alfred in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 4,026 at the 2020 census. The village is home to both Alfred University and Alfred State College. In 2023, The Washington Post named it "the collegiest college town in America" due to its high ratio of students to non-students. [2]
It became a port, shipping produce from farmers in the region up Cayuga Lake, then by the Erie Canal to other major markets. Academies and seminaries for basic education were established in 1800. Notable schools include Cayuga Lake Academy, which was founded in 1797 and chartered by the New York State Regents in 1801.
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 ...
Geneseo / ˌ dʒ ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː oʊ / is a town in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. It is at the south end of the five-county Rochester Metropolitan Area . The population of the town was 10,483 at the 2010 census .