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Eagle Lake
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Looking east on Eagle Lake toward Blue Mountain
Eagle Lake is located in New York Adirondack Park
Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake
Location in New York Adirondack Park
Eagle Lake is located in the United States
Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake
Location in the United States
Location Hamilton County, New York
Coordinates 43°50′49″N 74°28′46″W / 43.8469884°N 74.4795673°W / 43.8469884; -74.4795673
Type Lake
Primary inflows Marion River
Primary outflows Marion River
Basin countries United States
Surface area 180 acres (0.73 km2)
Max. depth 31 feet (9.4 m)
Shore length1 2.8 miles (4.5 km)
Surface elevation 1,791 feet (546 m)
Settlements Eagles Nest, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.


Eagle Lake is a 180-acre lake in the Adirondacks of New York. Eagle Lake is part of the Eckford Chain, and is the central lake of the chain, with Blue Mountain Lake and Utowana Lake. It is the site of Eagle Nest camp, a historic Adirondack Great Camp built in 1937 and still owned by the Hochschild family.

Blue Mountain Lake in New York
View of Eagle Lake at the outlet of the larger Blue Mountain Lake.

Fishing

Fish species present in Eagle Lake are lake trout, white sucker, sunfish, black bullhead, atlantic salmon, yellow perch, and smallmouth bass. Access by channel from Utowana Lake or Blue Mountain Lake.

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