Lake Maratanza
Lake Maratanza is the highest lake in New York's Shawangunk Ridge at 2,245 feet above sea level. It is within Sam's Point Preserve. The lake is dammed and supplies drinking water to Ellenville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lithium6ion, Public domain.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Ulster County, New York, USA
- Also known as: “Gonzales Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Verkeerder Kill Falls.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cragsmoor and Ellenville.
Cragsmoor
Hamlet
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cragsmoor is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 433 at the 2020 census. Cragsmoor is located atop the Shawangunk Ridge, in the south part of the Town of Wawarsing. Sam's Point Preserve is in Cragsmoor. Cragsmoor is situated 2 miles west of Lake Maratanza.
Ellenville
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ellenville is a village within the town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Ellenville is near the intersection of routes NY 52 and US 209.
Walker Valley
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walker Valley is a hamlet located in the western part of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County, New York, United States, generally thought of as coterminous with the 12588 ZIP code. Walker Valley is situated 3½ miles south of Lake Maratanza.
Lake Maratanza
- Category: lake
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.68004° or 41° 40′ 48″ northLongitude
-74.35264° or 74° 21′ 10″ westElevation
2,251 feet (686 metres)Open location code
87H7MJJW+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 28741067OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Maratanza from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Maratanza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ماراتانزا”
- French: “Lake Maratanza”
- Welsh: “Llyn Maratanza”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Crawford and Awosting.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sams Point Ellensville Radio Facility and Berrypicker Shack.
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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 Maratanza”. Photo: Lithium6ion, Public domain.