Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Catskills Region, NY by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 6 articles we have published for Catskills Region, NY lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Mid-Atlantic Region > New York > Catskills Region, NY > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Catskills Region, NY, only the 6 Catskills Region, NY lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Swinging Bridge Lake, NY (Catskills Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
110 ft | Also known as Swinging Bridge Reservoir Swinging Bridge Lake is a Catskills lake located in southern Sullivan County, New York and was formed by the damming of the Mongaup River in 1926 for … |
| Lake Minnewaska NY (Catskills Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
72 ft | Also known as Coxing Pond An unusual world nestles atop the Shawangunk Mountain ridge in New York’s Catskills region, and Lake Minnewaska is a vital part of that rare world. Th … |
| Sleepy Hollow Lake, NY (Catskills Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
62 ft | Sleepy Hollow Lake and the surrounding area proclaim to be the “Best Kept Secret in New York.” Nestled in Greene County between the Hudson River and C … |
| Yankee Lake, NY (Catskills Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
40 ft | Located on the top of West Shawangunk Ridge in the Catskill Mountains, Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County, New York. Yankee Lake has a rich and … |