Largest lakes & reservoirs in Finger Lakes Region, NY by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 17 articles we have published for Finger Lakes Region, NY lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Mid-Atlantic Region > New York > Finger Lakes Region, NY > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Finger Lakes Region, NY, only the 17 Finger Lakes Region, NY lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Hemlock Lake, NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
1,800 ac | Hemlock Lake, at just 7 miles long and a half mile wide, is one of New York’s smallest Finger Lakes, and one of two reserved for supplying water to th … |
Honeoye Lake, NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
1,772 ac | Honeoye Lake, one of New York state’s famous Finger Lakes, is located in beautiful Ontario County. Clean and pristine, this minor Finger Lake is the c … |
Cazenovia Lake, NY (Central-Leatherstocking Region, NY, Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
1,184 ac | Glacier-carved Cazenovia Lake is the largest lake in Madison County, New York. Bordered by the Town of Cazenovia and the Village of Cazenovia, this re … |
Canadice Lake, NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
649 ac | The smallest of New York’s famous Finger Lakes, Canadice Lake measures just 3 miles long and 1/2 mile wide. Its 640 acres are almost wholly undevelope … |
Green Lakes NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
63 ac | Also known as Green Lake, Fayetteville Green Lake, Round Lake Two little-known lakes in the Finger Lakes region of New York offer a geological mystery inviting the attention of scientists around the world. Green … |