finger lakes

     

Give yourself a hand if you know that this group of New York lakes includes Otisco, Owasco & Cayuga

Trivia about finger lakes

  • These long, narrow New York lakes were once rivers but glaciers caused them to be dammed up
  • Seneca is the largest of these lakes in west-central New York
  • Seneca Lake, one of these New York lakes, exceeds 600 feet in depth
  • Keuka, Seneca & Cayuga, for example
  • Ithaca, New York is on Cayuga, one of this group of narrow bodies of water
  • The community college in Canandaigua, New York is named for this "handy" group of bodies of water
  • A digitally enhanced map of these bodies of water in New York State shows you how they got this name
  • Elmira Corning Regional Airport is one gateway to this scenic region
  • At 618 feet, Seneca Lake is the deepest of this group of long & narrow lakes in Western New York