The clearest lake in New York. And the most expensive shoreline.
No inlet stream, glacial depth, and the drinking water for Syracuse — Skaneateles is the Finger Lake that stays honest about what it is: quiet, clear, and expensive to live on.
Skaneateles is 16 miles long and 350 feet deep — small compared to Seneca or Cayuga, but the clearest water of any Finger Lake, clean enough that Syracuse draws its drinking water straight from the lake with minimal filtration. The village at the north end is a walkable Main Street of independent shops and lake-view restaurants; the shoreline south of it is quietly the wealthiest real estate in the Finger Lakes region. Mid-Lakes Navigation runs the historic U.S. Mail Boat tour — one of the last mail-by-boat routes in the country.
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