Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake is the second longest (at 38 miles long) of western
New York's glacial
Finger Lakes and has the largest volume, estimated at 4.2 trillion gallons. At its deepest point it is 618 feet deep. The lake takes its name from the Seneca nation of
Native Americans. At the north end of Seneca Lake is
Geneva, New York, home of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, a division of
Cornell University. At the south end of the lake is
Watkins Glen, famed for
auto racing and
waterfalls.
''Photograph of Seneca Lake Bed and Breakfast which overlooks Seneca Lake