Forked Lake, Adirondack Park

#99 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Forked Lake is a 893-acre lake in the Adirondack Park in New York, 7 miles southwest of the village of Long Lake. The lake is slender, and shaped like an inverted "T", 5 miles across the east-west oriented bottom but only 0.2 miles wide, with its northward arm even narrower and 3.8 miles long. ()

Length: 7 miWidth: 3.8 miMaximum depth: 74 ftElevation: 1821 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°54'10"N, 74°34'44"W

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Forked Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carnegie Camp North Point, Owls Head Mountain, Raquette Lake, Little Blue Mountain.

4 miSW
Lake
Carnegie Camp North Point
103 min walk • The Carnegie Camp North Point is on the northern shore of Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Park in New York. It is one of the original Great Camps of the Adirondacks located on Raquette Lake the home to many summer camps of the wealthy built during the Gilded Age.
5.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Owls Head Mountain, Adirondack Park
137 min walk • Owls Head Mountain is a 2,786-foot-tall mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located west-southwest of the hamlet of Long Lake in Hamilton County.
5.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Raquette Lake, Adirondack Park
134 min walk • Raquette Lake is the source of the Raquette River in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. It is near the community of Raquette Lake, New York. The lake has 99 miles of shoreline with pines and mountains bordering the lake. It is located in the towns of Long Lake and Arietta, both in Hamilton County.
5.2 miE
Mountain
Little Blue Mountain, Adirondack Park
132 min walk • Little Blue Mountain is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake northwest of Blue Mountain Lake.
5.9 miSW
Church
Church of the Good Shepherd, Adirondack Park
152 min walk • The Church of the Good Shepherd is an Episcopal church on Saint Hubert's Isle in Raquette Lake, in the town of Long Lake, New York.
3 miSE
Lake
Upper Sargent Pond, Adirondack Park
77 min walk • Upper Sargent Pond is located west of Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, white sucker, smallmouth bass, black bullhead, yellow perch, and sunfish. There is access by trail off North Point Road, 6 miles west of Deerland, New York.
5.9 miSW
Church, Shingle style architecture
St. William's Catholic Church, Adirondack Park
152 min walk • St. William's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church on Long Point on Raquette Lake in Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York.
5.8 miNE
Tower
Owls Head Mountain Forest Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park
149 min walk • Owls Head Mountain is a 2,786-foot-tall mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located west-southwest of the hamlet of Long Lake in Hamilton County.