Owasco Lake Part Of The Eastern FingerLakes Of NYS Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Owasco Lake is the sixth largest and third easternmost of the Finger Lakes of New York in the United States. Owasco Lake is an excellent recreation spot. Because it is smaller and shallower than many other Finger Lakes, its waters warm up much more quickly, so swimming, water-skiing, and boating are popular. The lake reaches a maximum depth of 177 feet, is 11.1 miles long, with a maximum width of 1.3 miles. Unlike many of the other Finger Lakes, it is almost completely surrounded by agricultural land so the lake is especially vulnerable to high levels of nitrogen from farm run-off.