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Area: 3,420 acres
Length: 8 miles
Shoreline: 18.5 miles
Max. Depth: 66 feet
Volume: 42.6 billion gallons
Max. Width: 1 mile
Elevation: 818 feet
Largest town: Lakeville
Characteristics: Small, quiet and pretty. It is a source of drinking water for nearby towns and villages.

Area: 1,800 acres
Length: 7 miles
Shoreline: 17.1 miles
Max. Depth: 91 feet
Volume: 28.7 billion gallons
Max. Width: 0.5 mile
Elevation: 905 feet
Largest town: Hemlock
Characteristics: Outboard motors are limited to under ten horsepower and access is allowed by permit only. It is one of the sources of water for the city of Rochester.

Area: 649 acres
Length: 3 miles
Shoreline: 7.2 miles
Max. Depth: 95 feet
Volume: 11.6 billion gallons
Max. Width: 0.3 mile
Elevation: 1096 feet
Largest town: Canadice
Characteristics: The highest in elevation, yet the smallest of the Finger Lakes. Boats may not exceed 16 feet in length and motors may not exceed 10 h.p. Access to the lake is by permit only. It is one of the sources of water for the city of Rochester.

Area: 1,772 acres
Length: 4.5 miles
Shoreline: 10.8 miles
Max. Depth: 30 feet
Volume: 9.5 billion gallons
Max. Width: 0.8 mile
Elevation: 804 feet
Largest town: Honeoye
Characteristics: Small and the shallowest of the Finger Lakes. Its principle use is for water-based recreation.

Area: 10,553 acres
Length: 15.5 miles
Shoreline: 36 miles
Max. Depth: 276 feet
Volume: 445.5 billion gallons
Max. Width: 1.5 mile
Elevation: 688 feet
Largest city: Canandaigua
Characteristics: Mostly lined by homes, Canandaigua Lake serves as a public water supply for Canandaigua, Newark, Palmyra, Rushville, and the township of Gorham.

Area: 11,584 acres
Length: 19.6 miles
Shoreline: 59 miles
Max. Depth: 183 feet
Volume: 390 billion gallons
Max. Width: 1.9 mile
Elevation: 715 feet
Largest town: Penn Yan
Characteristics: Y shape with bluff 800 feet above lake level and the only Finger Lake that outlets into another Finger Lake (Seneca). The lake serves as a public water supply for Hammondsport, Branchport, Penn Yan, and Keuka College.

Area: 43,343 acres
Length: 38 miles
Shoreline: 75.4 miles
Max. Depth: 618 feet
Volume: 4.2 trillion gallons
Max. Width: 3 mile
Elevation: 445 feet
Largest city: Geneva
Characteristics: The deepest and widest of the Finger Lakes and the second deepest lake in New York State. Has more wineries than any other Finger Lake and has frozen over only 9 times since the beginning of weather recordkeeping. This Lake is Home to Camp Babcock-Hovey!!!!

Area: 42,956 acres
Length: 40 miles
Shoreline: 96 miles
Max. Depth: 435 feet
Volume: 2.5 trillion gallons
Max Width: 3.5 miles
Elevation: 382 feet
Largest town: Ithaca
Characteristics: Longest of the Finger Lakes and the lowest to sea level. This lake accesses the Erie Canal through the Cayuga-Seneca Canal which joins the northern ends of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.

Area: 6,665 acres
Length: 11 miles
Shoreline: 23 miles
Max. Depth: 177 feet
Volume: 212 billion gallons
Max. Width: 1 mile
Elevation: 711 feet
Largest city: Auburn
Characteristics: Laid back and a good trout fishing lake.

Area: 8,960 acres
Length: 15 miles
Shoreline: 31 miles
Max. Depth: 315 feet
Volume: 424.5 billion gallons
Elevation: 863 feet
Largest town: Skaneateles
Characteristics: Cold, clean water with shale base. Has steep hillsides at southern end and is the 3rd deepest Finger Lake.

Area: 2,214 acres
Length: 6 miles
Shoreline: 13 miles
Max. Depth: 76 feet
Volume: 21.1 billion gallons
Elevation: 788 feet
Largest town: Amber
Characteristics: Ringed by small lakeside camps and homes.