Shelter Island

Shelter Island is an island on Fourth Lake in Herkimer County, New York. It is located east-northeast of Old Forge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alger Island and Thistle Island.

Alger Island

Island

Alger Island, also known as Big Island, is a small island located on Fourth Lake, part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, within the Adirondack Park in New York State.

Thistle Island

Islet

Thistle Island is an island on Fourth Lake in Herkimer County, New York. It is located east-northeast of Old Forge.

Bartons Island

Islet

Bartons Island is an island on Fourth Lake in Herkimer County, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eagle Bay and Inlet.

Eagle Bay is a hamlet on Route 28 in the town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York, United States. Eagle Bay is on the border of Herkimer and Hamilton counties, and borders Fourth Lake. As of the 2020 census, Eagle Bay had a population of 54. Eagle Bay is situated 3½ miles northeast of Shelter Island.

Inlet

Hamlet

Photo: Anne LaBastille, Public domain.

Inlet is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 355 at the 2020 census, up from 333 in 2010. The name is derived from its location at the eastern end of Fourth Lake, part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes. Inlet is situated 4 miles east of Shelter Island.

Old Forge

Photo: Anne LaBastille, Public domain.

Old Forge is a village of about 750 people in the Adirondacks. As one of the western gateway communities of the Adirondack Park, Old Forge forms an extensive business district, primarily directed at tourism especially during the summer months.

Shelter Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Fourth Lake, Herkimer County, New York, United States
Categories: island, lake island, forest, locality, and landform
Location: Herkimer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.74012° or 43° 44′ 24″ north

Longitude

-74.8782° or 74° 52′ 42″ west

Elevation

1,706 feet (520 metres)

Open location code

87M7P4RC+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39015766

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

5137904

Wikidata ID

Q34715972

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In Other Languages

“Shelter Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shelter Island”

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