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Lakes Near Rochester, New York

72 counted New York lakes sit within 60 miles of Rochester - the largest is Lake Ontario at 4,656,925 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Ontario	Jefferson	36 mi	4,656,925 acres	-
Keuka Lake	Yates, Steuben	48 mi	11,584 acres	183 ft
Canandaigua Lake	Ontario, Yates	30 mi	10,558 acres	276 ft
Owasco Lake	Cayuga	60 mi	6,665 acres	177 ft
Conesus Lake	Livingston	27 mi	3,420 acres	66 ft
Sodus Bay	Wayne	33 mi	3,357 acres	48 ft
Cross Lake	Cayuga	57 mi	1,999 acres	-
Hemlock Lake	Livingston, Ontario	30 mi	1,800 acres	91 ft
Honeoye Lake	Ontario	28 mi	1,772 acres	30 ft
Irondequoit Bay	Monroe	5 mi	1,660 acres	73 ft
Montezuma Marsh	Seneca	43 mi	1,096 acres	-
Silver Lake	Wyoming	38 mi	836 acres	37 ft
Waneta Lake	Schuyler	55 mi	797 acres	-
Black Lake	Seneca	45 mi	793 acres	-
Canadice Lake	Ontario	30 mi	649 acres	95 ft
Lamoka Lake	Schuyler	59 mi	588 acres	40 ft
Long Pond	Monroe	10 mi	489 acres	-
Port Bay	Wayne	40 mi	460 acres	28 ft
Otter Lake	Cayuga	54 mi	277 acres	14 ft
Cranberry Pond	Monroe	11 mi	222 acres	-
Waterport Pond	Orleans	35 mi	215 acres	-
Parker Pond	Cayuga	53 mi	204 acres	-
Attica Reservoir	Wyoming	40 mi	182 acres	-
Buck Pond	Monroe	9 mi	174 acres	-
Loon Lake	Steuben	46 mi	166 acres	-
Mill Pond	Schuyler	60 mi	164 acres	-
East Bay	Wayne	37 mi	160 acres	10 ft
Almond Lake	Steuben	56 mi	136 acres	-
Mud Pond	Oswego	55 mi	118 acres	-
Hundred Acre Pond	Monroe	9 mi	112 acres	-
The Pond	Cayuga	48 mi	104 acres	-
Upper Stafford Marsh	Genesee	34 mi	103 acres	-
Newark Reservoir	Ontario	30 mi	98 acres	-
Crusoe Lake	Wayne	42 mi	96 acres	-
Glenwood Lake	Orleans	40 mi	93 acres	44 ft
Montezuma Marsh	Seneca	44 mi	86 acres	-
Howland Island Wildlife MGMT A	Cayuga	48 mi	67 acres	-
Lake Le Roy	Wyoming	32 mi	63 acres	-
Howland Island Wildlife MGMT A	Cayuga	47 mi	61 acres	-
Mud Pond	Cayuga	51 mi	60 acres	-
Lake Salubria	Steuben	59 mi	60 acres	-
Akron Reservoir	Wyoming	43 mi	58 acres	-
Allen Lake	Allegany	58 mi	58 acres	19 ft
Java Lake	Wyoming	52 mi	54 acres	-
Burnett Pond	Ontario	35 mi	48 acres	-
Faun Lake	Wyoming	49 mi	46 acres	-
LeRoy Reservoir	Genesee	26 mi	46 acres	-
Smith Pond	Steuben	53 mi	45 acres	-
Round Pond	Monroe	8 mi	44 acres	-
Van Cleef Lake	Seneca	45 mi	44 acres	-
Erie Canal	Orleans	35 mi	39 acres	-
Gem Lake	Seneca	37 mi	38 acres	-
Dream Lake	Wyoming	54 mi	36 acres	-
Spaulding Lake	Erie	53 mi	35 acres	-
Lake Demons	Steuben	56 mi	32 acres	-
Howland Island Wildlife MGMT A	Cayuga	48 mi	31 acres	-
Quaker Pond	Monroe	11 mi	30 acres	-
Millpond	Wayne	42 mi	30 acres	-
Gouinlocks Pond	Wyoming	39 mi	30 acres	-
Howland Island Wildlife MGMT A	Cayuga	47 mi	30 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 72 counted lakes within 60 miles of Rochester.

Sources: New York State DEC lake data; lake coordinates from the DEC. Verified October 30, 2026.