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Deepest Natural Lakes in New York

Ranked by maximum depth, from New York State DEC lake data. Only natural lakes are ranked - reservoirs and flowages are excluded.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Seneca Lake	Ontario, Yates, Seneca, Schuyler	43,343 acres	618 ft
2	Cayuga Lake	Cayuga	42,956 acres	435 ft
3	Skaneateles Lake	Onondaga, Cortland, Cayuga	8,960 acres	300 ft
4	Canandaigua Lake	Ontario, Yates	10,558 acres	276 ft
5	Lake George	Essex, Warren	28,451 acres	187 ft
6	Keuka Lake	Yates, Steuben	11,584 acres	183 ft
7	Owasco Lake	Cayuga	6,665 acres	177 ft
8	Otsego Lake	Otsego	4,046 acres	167 ft
9	Schroon Lake	Warren, Essex	4,107 acres	152 ft
10	Lake Placid	Essex	2,173 acres	151 ft
11	Sylvia Lake	St. Lawrence	324 acres	142 ft
12	Sylvan Lake	Dutchess	112 acres	140 ft
13	Sterling Lake	Orange	288 acres	120 ft
14	Lake Gilead	Putnam	118 acres	120 ft
15	Rushford Lake	Allegany	585 acres	115 ft
16	Lake Gleneida	Putnam	168 acres	108 ft
17	Taylor Pond	Clinton	856 acres	95 ft
18	Canadice Lake	Ontario	649 acres	95 ft
19	Sturgeon Pool	Ulster	194 acres	93 ft
20	Hemlock Lake	Livingston, Ontario	1,800 acres	91 ft
21	Sixberry Lake	Jefferson	123 acres	90 ft
22	White Lake	Sullivan	280 acres	85 ft
23	Indian Lake	Hamilton	4,255 acres	80 ft
24	Meacham Lake	Franklin	1,185 acres	80 ft
25	Lake of the Woods	Jefferson	172 acres	80 ft
26	Upper Chateaugay Lake	Clinton	2,594 acres	78 ft
27	Otisco Lake	Onondaga	1,877 acres	76 ft
28	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	13,156 acres	75 ft
29	Lake Bonaparte	Lewis	1,248 acres	75 ft
30	Millsite Lake	Jefferson	469 acres	75 ft
31	Great Sacandaga Lake	Fulton, Saratoga	24,707 acres	74 ft
32	Forked Lake	Hamilton	1,248 acres	74 ft
33	Irondequoit Bay	Monroe	1,660 acres	73 ft
34	Chazy Lake	Clinton	1,807 acres	72 ft
35	Moose Pond	Essex	140 acres	71 ft
36	Guilford Lake	Chenango	70 acres	70 ft
37	Walton Lake	Orange	117 acres	68 ft
38	Conesus Lake	Livingston	3,420 acres	66 ft
39	Brant Lake	Warren	1,376 acres	65 ft
40	Lake Ronkonkoma	Suffolk	243 acres	65 ft
41	Star Lake	St. Lawrence	213 acres	65 ft
42	Mirror Lake	Essex	128 acres	65 ft
43	Lake Tiorati	Orange	292 acres	62 ft
44	Onondaga Lake	Onondaga	2,944 acres	60 ft
45	Lake Ozonia	St. Lawrence	405 acres	60 ft
46	Thompsons Lake	Albany	120 acres	60 ft
47	South Lake	Herkimer	91 acres	60 ft
48	Arnold Lake	Otsego	64 acres	60 ft
49	Big Pond	Delaware	51 acres	60 ft
50	Paradox Lake	Essex	896 acres	52 ft
51	Butterfield Lake	Jefferson	962 acres	50 ft
52	Sodus Bay	Wayne	3,357 acres	48 ft
53	Red Lake	Jefferson	366 acres	47 ft
54	Cuba Lake	Allegany	445 acres	46 ft
55	Lake Colby	Franklin	286 acres	46 ft
56	Cazenovia Lake	Madison	1,164 acres	45 ft
57	Canadarago Lake	Otsego	1,944 acres	44 ft
58	Glenwood Lake	Orleans	93 acres	44 ft
59	Black Lake	St. Lawrence	7,593 acres	40 ft
60	Lamoka Lake	Schuyler	588 acres	40 ft
61	Eagle Lake	Essex	410 acres	40 ft
62	Tuscarora Lake	Madison	308 acres	40 ft
63	Lake Taghkanic	Columbia	168 acres	40 ft
64	Queechy Lake	Columbia	141 acres	40 ft
65	Wilber Lake	Otsego	89 acres	40 ft
66	Nathaniel Cole Park Pond	Broome	44 acres	40 ft
67	Hessian Lake	Rockland	44 acres	40 ft
68	Long Lake	Oneida	152 acres	39 ft
69	Snyders Lake	Rensselaer	108 acres	39 ft
70	Cranberry Lake	St. Lawrence	6,995 acres	38 ft
71	Lime Lake	Cattaraugus	159 acres	38 ft
72	Twitchell Lake	Herkimer	150 acres	38 ft
73	Silver Lake	Wyoming	836 acres	37 ft
74	Burden Lake	Rensselaer	374 acres	37 ft
75	Lake Sebago	Rockland	297 acres	37 ft
76	Findley Lake	Chautauqua	292 acres	37 ft
77	Rockland Lake	Rockland	279 acres	37 ft
78	Bear Lake	Chautauqua	114 acres	35 ft
79	Lake Huntington	Sullivan	100 acres	35 ft
80	Clear Pond	Lewis	9 acres	35 ft
81	Copake Lake	Columbia	410 acres	34 ft
82	Putnam Pond	Essex	185 acres	34 ft
83	Lake Welch	Rockland	182 acres	33 ft
84	Honeoye Lake	Ontario	1,772 acres	30 ft
85	Goodyear Lake	Otsego	366 acres	30 ft
86	Chenango Lake	Chenango	133 acres	30 ft
87	Collins Lake	Schenectady	56 acres	30 ft
88	Stillwater Pond	Putnam	55 acres	30 ft
89	Bradley Lake	Rensselaer	9 acres	30 ft
90	Port Bay	Wayne	460 acres	28 ft
91	Mohansic Lake	Westchester	108 acres	27 ft
92	Lower Chateaugay Lake	Franklin	545 acres	26 ft
93	Cayuta Lake	Schuyler	380 acres	26 ft
94	Black River Pond	Rensselaer	35 acres	26 ft
95	Cossayuna Lake	Washington	661 acres	25 ft
96	Hyde Lake	Jefferson	179 acres	25 ft
97	Silver Mine Lake	Orange	84 acres	25 ft
98	Stissing Pond	Dutchess	70 acres	25 ft
99	Lincoln Pond	Essex	572 acres	23 ft
100	Alder Lake	Ulster	45 acres	22 ft

Showing the top 100 of 142 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the New York page, for the full inventory.

Source: New York State DEC lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.