Lake Gleneida
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Also known as: “Shaw’s Lake” and “Shaw’s Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Putnam County Courthouse and Carmel High School.
Putnam County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Putnam County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in the hamlet of Carmel, New York, the county seat of Putnam County. Located on Gleneida Avenue on the shore of Lake Gleneida, it was built in 1814, two years after the county was established.
Carmel High School
School
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Carmel High School is a public high school in Carmel, New York, currently serving grades 9–12. It is the only high school in the Carmel Central School District.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brewster Heights and Lake Carmel.
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.
Lake Carmel
Town
Lake Carmel is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Kent in Putnam County, New York, United States. The home of over half of the town of Kent's population of 8,282, the hamlet is centered around Lake Carmel, a 1.6 mile long manmade lake in the southeastern corner of the township and just north of hamlet of Carmel within the town of Carmel.
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.
Lake Gleneida
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Putnam County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.42039° or 41° 25′ 13″ northLongitude
-73.68412° or 73° 41′ 3″ westElevation
505 feet (154 metres)Open location code
87H8C8C8+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 72920661OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5123795Wikidata ID
Q6476002
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Lake Gleneida” goes by many names.
- French: “Lake Gleneida”
- Hebrew: “אגם גלניידה”
- Polish: “Jezioro Gleneida”
- Welsh: “Llyn Gleneida”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carmel and Carmel Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gilead Presbyterian Church and Saint James the Apostle Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Gleneida”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.