Long Lake (CDP), New York facts for kids

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Census-designated place
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Country	United States
State	New York
County	Hamilton
Town	Long Lake
Area
• Total	11.80 sq mi (30.56 km2)
• Land	9.35 sq mi (24.21 km2)
• Water	2.45 sq mi (6.35 km2)  15.8%
Elevation	1,670 ft (510 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	596
• Density	63.76/sq mi (24.62/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	12847
Area code(s)	518
FIPS code	36-43401
GNIS feature ID	2628176

Long Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 596 at the 2020 census, out of 791 in the town of Long Lake as a whole.

Long Lake is within the Adirondack Park.

Geography

The community is located in the northeastern part of Hamilton County, surrounding the southwestern half of the water body Long Lake. The center of the community is on the southeastern side of the lake, where New York State Route 30 crosses. The community extends southwest along Long Lake to include the hamlet of Deerland. Route 30 leads north 21 miles (34 km) to Tupper Lake, and south 11 miles (18 km) to Blue Mountain Lake. New York State Route 28N runs east from Long Lake 14 miles (23 km) to Newcomb, and south with Route 30 to Blue Mountain Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.9 square miles (36.1 km²), of which 11.7 square miles (30.4 km²) are land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), or 15.86%, are water. Long Lake, the water body, runs northeastward from the Long Lake CDP and is drained by the Raquette River, a northward-flowing tributary of the St. Lawrence River.