Winnisook Lake
Winnisook Lake is an artificial lake located in Oliverea, New York, United States. It is the source of Esopus Creek and the highest lake in the Catskill Mountains at 2,664 feet above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Slide Mountain and Hemlock Mountain.
Slide Mountain
Peak
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. It is located in the town of Shandaken in Ulster County. While the 4,180-foot contour line on topographic maps is generally accepted as its height, the exact elevation…
Hemlock Mountain
Peak
Hemlock Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Frost Valley. Spruce Mountain is located northwest, Wildcat Mountain is located southwest and Panther Mountain is located northeast of Hemlock Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oliverea and Denning.
Oliverea
Hamlet
Oliverea is a populated place in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is situated on Esopus Creek along Ulster Country Route 47 within Catskill State Park. The community is located at in the Town of Shandaken.
Denning
Hamlet
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Denning is an isolated town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 493 at the 2020 census. The town is named after an early landowner, William Denning. Denning is situated 6 miles southwest of Winnisook Lake.
Winnisook Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.0144° or 42° 0′ 52″ northLongitude
-74.41256° or 74° 24′ 45″ westElevation
2,671 feet (814 metres)Open location code
87J72H7P+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 155801145OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5144815Wikidata ID
Q7333730
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Satellite Map
Discover Winnisook Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Winnisook Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ويني سوك”
- Esperanto: “Winnisook”
- French: “Winnisook Lake”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Branch and Big Indian Mountain Association.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Compass Rock and Winnisook Lake Mountain (Eastern Summit).
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