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Skaneateles Lake Real Estate Homes For Sale in the Finger Lakes. Skaneateles Lake is one of the Finger Lakes. Our website contains Skaneateles Waterfront Real Estate For Sale, Skaneateles Lake View Property and Real Estate For Sale and Real Estate between Skaneateles Lake, Owasco Lake and Otisco Lake. Lake Country Homes and Real Estate in Skaneateles that are for sale can also be viewed.
Skaneateles Lake (skan-e-atlas) is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York. The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as “The Roof Garden of the Lakes” because its altitude (863.27 ft/263.12 m) is higher than the other Finger Lakes. It is 16 mi long (17 mi/27 km long including the bogs at the south end of the lake) and on average 0.75 mi (1.21 km) wide, with a surface area of 13.6 sq mi (35 km2), and a maximum depth of 315 ft (96 m). The cleanest of the Finger Lakes, its water is so pure that the city of Syracuse and other municipalities use it unfiltered. The City of Syracuse spends about 2.3 million dollars a year to protect lake quality, sixteen people inspecting (usually twice a year) each of the 2600 properties in the watershed, which is relatively small, compared to other Finger Lakes. William Henry Seward called it “The most beautiful body of water in the world.”
The shores of Skaneateles Lake are in three counties: Onondaga, Cayuga, and Cortland. The village of Skaneateles (population about 3500) is at the northern end of the lake. Summer cottages appeared in 1881, increasing to more than 2000 residences around the lake in 2002. Generally new homes now are built for year-round occupancy rather than summer use and many summer cottages are replaced. The transient and seasonal population of this tourist destination and summer resort surges during the warmer months. Skaneateles is noted for its performing arts and amenities.