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Piseco Lake
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Piseco Lake is located in New York Adirondack Park
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake
Location in New York Adirondack Park
Piseco Lake is located in the United States
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake
Location in the United States
Location Hamilton County, New York,
United States
Coordinates 43°24′42″N 74°32′47″W / 43.4116396°N 74.5463869°W / 43.4116396; -74.5463869
Primary inflows Fall Stream, Cold Stream, Mill Stream, Warner Brook,
Sheriff Lake Outlet
Primary outflows Piseco Outlet
Basin countries United States
Surface area 2,849 acres (11.53 km2)
Average depth 58 feet (18 m)
Max. depth 125 feet (38 m)
Surface elevation 1,660 feet (510 m)
Islands 2
Settlements Piseco, New York


Piseco Lake is located in Hamilton County, New York, near the hamlet of Piseco in the Adirondack Mountains. The outflow is Piseco Outlet, which flows into the West Branch Sacandaga River. In the early 1800s Joshua Brown, who was a surveyor in the area, named the lake after an Indian named "Pezeeko" who lived on the lake.

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