Independence Lake | |
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Location | Herkimer County, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 43°46′22″N74°58′41″W / 43.7726848°N 74.9780820°W [1] |
Type | Lake |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 56 acres (0.23 km2) |
Average depth | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
Max. depth | 16 feet (4.9 m) [2] |
Shore length1 | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
Surface elevation | 1,939 feet (591 m) |
Settlements | Carter Station, New York |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Independence Lake is located west of Carter Station, New York. The outlet creek flows into Independence River. Fish species present in the lake are brown bullhead, brook trout, and white sucker. There is trail access off Webb-Inlet Trail. [3]
Witchhopple Lake is a lake located by Keepawa, New York. The outlet flows into Salmon Lake and then from there into Stillwater Reservoir. Fish species present in Witchhopple Lake are brook trout, white sucker, sunfish, yellow perch, and splake. Access by trail from the north shore of Stillwater Reservoir. No motors are allowed on Witchhopple Lake. There is a trail that goes from Witchhopple Lake to Negro Lake called Bushwhack Trail.
Big Otter Lake is located west of Thendara, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, white sucker, sunfish, yellow perch, and black bullhead. Trail access off NY-28 via Big Otter Lake Trail. No motors are allowed on Big Otter Lake.
Otter Lake is located by Otter Lake, New York southeast of McKeever, New York. Fish species present in the lake are largemouth bass, white sucker, rock bass, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, and black bullhead. There is trail access from Long Lake on the southwest shore of Otter Lake.
Cage Lake is a lake located north of Stillwater, New York. Fish present in the lake are brook trout. There is a trail leading to the lake from Buck Pond or Wolf Pond. No motors are allowed on Cage Lake.
Clear Lake is located northeast of Stillwater, New York. The outflow creek flows into Witchhopple Lake. Fish species present in the lake are brown bullhead, and brook trout. Access via trail off Red Horse Trail and Salmon Lake Trail on the south shore. No motors are allowed on Clear Lake.
Middle Branch Lake is a lake located west of Thendara, New York. The outlet is Middle Branch. Fish species present in the lake are sunfish, brook trout, and white sucker. There trail access off Route 28 on north shore via Big Otter Lake Trail. No motors are allowed on this lake.
South Lake is a lake located west of Sled Harbor, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, black bullhead, and white sucker. There is trail access on the southeast shore. No motors are allowed on this lake. South Lake is one of three of the West Canada Lakes that are the source of West Canada Creek.
Cedar Lake is located northwest of Sled Harbor, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, black bullhead, and white sucker. There is trail access on the north and west shores from Sled Harbor. There is also trail access to Whitney Lake. No motors are allowed on this lake.
Whitney Lake is a lake located west of Sled Harbor, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and black bullhead. There is trail access on the east shore from Cedar Lake. No motors are allowed on this lake.
Spruce Lake is a lake located northwest of Piseco, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and black bullhead. There is trail access on the east shore from the Northville-Placid Trail. No motors are allowed on this lake.
Otter Lake is located northwest of Piseco, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and white sucker. There is trail access off the east shore. No motors are allowed on this lake.
New Lake is located northwest of Harrisburg, New York. Fish species present in the lake are white sucker, and black bullhead. There is carry down trail access.
Garnet Lake is located south of the hamlet of Garnet Lake, New York. Fish species present in the lake are pickerel, largemouth bass, yellow perch, and brown bullhead. There is carry down on a trail off Maxam Road on the east shore.
Wilcox Lake is a lake located west of Bakertown, New York. It is the largest body of water in Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, white sucker, and brown bullhead. Several primitive campsites, which are only accessible via hiking trails, surround the lake. There is carry down access via trails used as snowmobile trails in the winter.
Trout Lake is located west of Bolton, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, rainbow trout, splake, lake trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, smelt, rock bass, rainbow smelt, brown trout and brown bullhead. There is a carry down trail on the northeast shore via trail off Lamb Hill Road. There is a 50 horsepower motor limit on this lake. It is called Trout Lake due to the high numbers of lake trout and rainbow trout that are found in the lake. It is also shaped like a trout.
Ferris Lake is located east of Powley Place, New York. Fish species present in the lake are yellow perch, sunfish, and brown bullhead. There is a trail access from Powley Place via private lands. Detouring off the trail or camping on the trail is not allowed.
Stewart Lake is a lake that is located north of Wheelerville, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and sunfish. There is carry down access via trail off Green Lake Road on the southeast shore.
Brown Lake is located east of Arietta, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, and brown bullhead. There is access by trail and no motors are allowed on the lake.
Trout Lake is a lake that is located south of Averys Place, New York. Fish species present in the lake are pickerel, white sucker, yellow perch, and brown bullhead. There is access by trail from County Route 10. No motors are allowed on the lake.
Woods Lake is a lake that is located east of Upper Benson, New York. Fish species present in the lake are pickerel, smallmouth bass, largemouth base yellow perch, pumpkinseed sunfish, and brown bullhead. There is access by trail from Benson Road on the west shore. No motors are allowed on this lake.