Finger Lakes
Appearance
The Finger Lakes are a series of lakes in the Catskill Mountains in the central section of Upstate New York. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin and go from north to south. They are also very deep. The deepest one, Lake Seneca, is 618 feet (188 m) deep.
List of the lakes
[change | change source]From west to east, the lakes in this group are:
- Otisco Lake
- Skaneateles Lake
- Owasco Lake
- Cayuga Lake
- Seneca Lake
- Keuka Lake
- Canandaigua Lake
- Honeoye Lake
- Canadice Lake
- Hemlock Lake
- Conesus Lake
Other reading
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- Thompson, John H., ed. Geography of New York State (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1977)
- Engeln, O. D., von. The Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1961, 1988)