Eagle Lake (Hamilton County, New York) facts for kids

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Looking east on Eagle Lake toward Blue Mountain
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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.

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.