Piseco Lake is located in
Hamilton County, New York
Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,107, making it the least populous county in New York. With an area nearly the size of Delaware, it is the least densely populated county ea ...
, near the hamlet of
Piseco in the
Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular ...
. The outflow is
Piseco Outlet
Piseco Outlet drains Piseco Lake and converges with the West Branch Sacandaga River in Piseco, New York
Piseco () is a small community in the town of Arietta in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The name "Piseco" is that of a Nativ ...
, which flows into the
West Branch Sacandaga River.
In the early 1800s Joshua Brown, who was a surveyor in the area, named the lake after a Native American named "Pezeeko" who lived on the lake.
References
Lakes of Hamilton County, New York
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