Lake Awosting
Lake Awosting is a lake in Ulster County, New York. Lake Awosting is situated nearby to the hamlet Rutsonville, as well as near Granite.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Ulster County, New York, USA
- Also known as: “Awasting Lake”, “Big Pond”, “Lake Aioskawasting”, and “Long Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stony Kill Falls and Verkeerder Kill Falls.
Stony Kill Falls
Waterfall
Stony Kill Falls is the site of one of many access points to the Delaware Aqueduct. It is located in the town of Wawarsing, on the northwestern edge of the Minnewaska Preserve on land acquired in 2001 by the State of New York, The Open Space Institute and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference from Napanoch Sand and Gravel Company that once owned the land. Stony Kill Falls is situated 1½ miles north of Lake Awosting.
Verkeerder Kill Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Ankafm87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Verkeerder Kill Falls is the highest waterfall in Sam's Point Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. It is 187 feet tall and is accessible only via a three-mile-long trail, part of the Long Path, which branches off from the main trail in Sam's Point Preserve. Verkeerder Kill Falls is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lake Awosting.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerhonkson and Napanoch.
Kerhonkson
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kerhonkson is a small hamlet which, along with Accord, makes up the Town of Rochester in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Kerhonkson is located near the convergence of routes US 44, NY 55, and US 209.
Napanoch
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napanoch is a hamlet in Town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is at the junction of routes 209 and 55. The population was 1,131 at the 2020 census. Napanoch is situated 5 miles northwest of Lake Awosting.
Wawarsing
Village
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 12,771 at the 2020 census. The name Wawarsing was once believed to mean "a place where the streams wind" in the Lenape language, referring to the geography in the hamlet of Wawarsing; specifically, the joining of the Ver Nooy Kill and the Rondout Creek at Port Ben. Wawarsing is situated 5 miles northwest of Lake Awosting.
Lake Awosting
- Category: lake
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.70634° or 41° 42′ 23″ northLongitude
-74.29147° or 74° 17′ 29″ westElevation
1,870 feet (570 metres)Open location code
87H7PP45+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 28741048OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Awosting” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Awosting”
- Welsh: “Llyn Awosting”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Awosting Beach and Fly Brook Bridge Abutment.
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