Lake Gilead
Lake Gilead is a 118-acre controlled lake located in hamlet of Carmel within the Town of Carmel in Putnam County, New York. Originally known as Dean's Pond, it was dammed by New York City in 1870 to create an impoundment 0.8 miles long, with a mean depth of 43 feet and a maximum depth of approximately 120 feet.- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Putnam County, New York, USA
- Also known as: “Crosby’s Pond” and “Gilead Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilead Cemetery and Lake Gleneida.
Gilead Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gilead Cemetery is located in the town of Carmel, New York, United States. It is off a bend in Mechanic Street 1.5 miles south of the hamlet of Carmel, seat of Putnam County.
Lake Gleneida
Reservoir
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Gleneida is a controlled lake in the hamlet of Carmel within the Town of Carmel in central Putnam County, New York. Originally a smaller natural water body, Shaw's Pond, it was dammed by New York City in 1870 and enlarged to 168 acres for inclusion in its water supply system. Lake Gleneida is situated 1½ miles north of Lake Gilead.
Middle Branch Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middle Branch Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system located in the Town of Southeast in Putnam County, 35 miles north of the city. Middle Branch Reservoir is situated 1½ miles east of Lake Gilead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brewster Heights and Brewster.
Brewster Heights
Village
Brewster Heights is a census-designated place in the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Brewster Heights is situated 2½ miles east of Lake Gilead.
Brewster
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brewster is a village and the principal settlement within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 2,508 at the 2020 census.
Mahopac
Town
Mahopac is a hamlet in the town of Carmel in Putnam County, New York, United States. Also known as Lake Mahopac, the exurb is located some 47 miles north of New York City, on U.S. Route 6 at the county's southern central border with Westchester County. Mahopac is situated 3½ miles southwest of Lake Gilead.
Lake Gilead
- Category: lake
- Location: Putnam County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.39796° or 41° 23′ 53″ northLongitude
-73.67577° or 73° 40′ 33″ westElevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
87H898XF+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 72920650OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Gilead” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة جلعاد”
- Cebuano: “Lake Gilead”
- French: “Lake Gilead”
- Hebrew: “אגם גלעד”
- Polish: “Jezioro Gilead (Nowy Jork)”
- Polish: “Jezioro Gilead”
- Welsh: “Llyn Gilead”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carmel Hills and Crafts.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pond Hill and Walts Hill.
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