Saratoga Lake | |
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Location | Saratoga County, New York |
Coordinates | 43°01′12″N 73°44′24″W / 43.020°N 73.740°W |
Primary inflows | Kayaderosseras Creek |
Primary outflows | Fish Creek |
Catchment area | 244 sq mi (630 km2) |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
Max. width | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
Surface area | 6.3 sq mi (16 km2) |
Average depth | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Max. depth | 95 ft (29 m) |
Water volume | 33×10 9 US gal (120×10 6 m3) |
Residence time | 5 months |
Shore length1 | 23 mi (37 km) |
Surface elevation | 200 feet (61 m) |
Frozen | usually unfreezes mid-late March or early-mid April |
References | [1][2] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Saratoga Lake is in the eastern part of Saratoga County, New York. The lake is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide at its widest point, and about 95 feet (29 m) deep.[2]
The lake is bordered by the city of Saratoga Springs on the northwest, the town of Malta on the southwest, the town of Stillwater on the southeast, and the town of Saratoga on the northeast.[3] New York State Route 9P runs along the southern end and eastern side of the lake, and then crosses its outlet in the north.
The lake's major source is Kayaderosseras Creek, which enters the lake from the northwest, and the outlet is Fish Creek, which exits the lake from the north and flows into the Hudson River at Schuylerville.