Long Lake, New York
StateNew York
CountyHamilton
TownLong Lake
Unit prefImperial
Area total30.56 km²
Area land24.21 km²
Area water6.35 km²
Area total11.80 sq mi
Area land9.35 sq mi
Area water2.45 sq mi
Population as of2020
Population total596
Population density24.62 km²
Population density63.76 sq mi
Time zoneEastern (EST) (UTC-5)
Time zone (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
Elevation510 m
Coordinates43°58′18″N 74°25′13″W
ZIP code12847
Area code518
FIPS code36-43401
GNIS feature ID2628176
Area water percent15.8

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,[1] 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 sq mi (36.1 square kilometres), of which 11.7 sq mi (30.4 square kilometres) are land and 2.2 sq mi (5.7 square kilometres), 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.

References

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-22.