West Lake

West Lake is a reservoir in Suffolk County, New York. West Lake is situated nearby to the town Patchogue, as well as near Blue Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Patchogue Lake and Patchogue station.

Patchogue Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Intelligentlove, Public domain.

Great Patchogue Lake is located just north of Montauk Highway and is bordered by Waverly Avenue to the west and North Ocean Avenue to the east. Patchogue Lake was dammed to provide water power for the textile industry hence its other name: Lace Mill Pond.

Patchogue station

Railway station

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Patchogue is a station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York. It is on Division Street between West Avenue and South Ocean Avenue.

Patchogue-Medford Library

Library

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The Patchogue-Medford Library is a public library located in Suffolk County, New York and serves the residents who live within the Patchogue-Medford School District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Patchogue and North Patchogue.

Patchogue

Town

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Patchogue is a village located within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 12,408 at the time of the 2020 census.

North Patchogue

Town

North Patchogue is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Brookhaven on Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Patchogue had a population of 6,751.

Blue Point

Town

Blue Point is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 5,156 at the 2020 census. Blue Point is in the Town of Brookhaven.

West Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.76492° or 40° 45′ 54″ north

Longitude

-73.02803° or 73° 1′ 41″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87G8QX7C+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 49355030

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5143887

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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