Babcock Lake

Babcock Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of New York. Babcock Lake was named after "Honest" John Babcock, the supervisor of Grafton from 1819 to 1823 and 1825 to 1828.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grafton and Pittstown.

Grafton

Hamlet

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Grafton is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Grafton is situated 4½ miles southwest of Babcock Lake.

Pittstown

Village

Pittstown is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Pittstown is situated 4½ miles west of Babcock Lake.

Hoosick

Village

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Hoosick is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Hoosick is situated 5 miles northeast of Babcock Lake.

Babcock Lake

Type: Hamlet
Description: lake in Rensselaer County, New York, United States
Categories: lake and locality
Location: Town of Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.81728° or 42° 49′ 2″ north

Longitude

-73.39899° or 73° 23′ 56″ west

Elevation

1,319 feet (402 metres)

Open location code

87J8RJ82+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158805266

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5107595

Wikidata ID

Q55604649

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