Northwest Connecticut Lakes and Recreation including Onota Lake

Alcove Reservoir  Colebrook River Lake  Onota Lake  Otis Reservoir  Tomhannock Reservoir  Watervliet Reservoir 

 

 

4 Featured Places

Colebrook River Lake is used as a standby water supply, and is available seasonally for fishing and boating. Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor covers 524 miles in Upstate New York, including four navigable waterways: Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca; sections of the first Erie Canal; and over 200 municipalities adjacent to the canals.

 

Also in this area: Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Saratoga National Historical Park.

 

 

Communities in the Albany and Schenectady, NY Area

Albany Schenectady Troy Pittsfield Rotterdam Cohoes North Adams Watervliet Bennington Delmar Scotia Colonie Rensselaer Hudson Westmere East Glenville Adams Mechanicville Saugerties Niskayuna Williamstown Catskill East Greenbush Menands Hoosick Falls Ravena Wynantskill Coxsackie Voorheesville Hampton Manor Great Barrington West Sand Lake Saugerties South Green Island Waterford Country Knolls Lee Lorenz Park Chatham Niverville Valatie Athens Glasco Lenox Stillwater Castleton-on-Hudson Averill Park Philmont North Bennington Stottville Housatonic Canaan Kinderhook Tivoli Nassau Jefferson Heights Claverack-Red Mills Poestenkill Germantown Coeymans South Shaftsbury Copake Lake Schaghticoke Round Lake Ghent East Nassau Valley Falls Malden Leeds Old Bennington 

 

 

Man-made lakes, ponds, dikes, and dams in the area

Crescent - Dam A Crescent - Dam B Crescent - Dam C Vischer Ferry Waterford Upper Mechanicville Troy Lock and Dam #1 Northumberland Mechanicville Colonie Dam Dyken Pond Middle Falls Long Pond Martin Dunham Reservoir Black River Pond Loughberry Lake Rensselaer Lake Lake Paran Brunswick Reservoir Second Pond New York State Dam Mechanicville Reservoir Burden Pond Mill Pond Hoosick Falls Dam Upper Greenwich Dam Lock E-4 Embankment Dam Vanderheyden Reservoir Schuylerville Cohoes Reservoir #3 Dam Valencia Lane Dam Ida Lake Middle Greenwich Dam Cohoes Reservoir #2 Dam Wright Lake Bradley Lake Tivoli Lake Watervliet Balancing Reservoir Watervliet Upper Dam Watervliet Lower Dam

 

 

 

Adjacent Areas

  • Go North to Saratoga Springs, NY, Lake George, Pharoah Lake, etc.
  • Go South to Bridgeport, CT, Highland Lake, Lake Tappan, Black Rock Lake, Hop Brook Lake, etc.
  • Go West to Amsterdam, NY, Goodyear Lake, Otsego Lake, etc.
  • Go East to Springfield, MA, Mashapaug Pond, Lake Lashaway, Barre Falls Dam, Birch Hill Dam, etc.