Notch Lake is an

artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

Edgewood, New York Hunter is a town located in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 2,732 at the time of the 2010 census. The town contains three villages, one named Hunter on the west , another is Lanesville on the southern side of Hunter, ...

, in the Town of Hunter in the

Catskill Mountains The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas c ...

. It is located near the

Stony Clove Notch Stony Clove Notch is a narrow pass, roughly 2,220 feet (677 m) in elevation located in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York, deep in the Catskill Mountains. It is traversed by New York State Route 214, although in the past the Ulste ...

, and is located near the edge of the Devil's Tombstone Campsite, bordering

New York State Route 214 New York State Route 214 (NY 214) is a long state highway through the Catskill Park sections of Ulster and Greene counties. The route begins at an intersection with NY 28 in the town of Shandaken, just southwest of the hamlet of ...

. There is also a parking lot near the shore. It is the beginning of the

Stony Clove Creek Stony Clove Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 creek in the Catskill Mountains in New York. It is a tributary of Esopus Creek, which in turn is a ...

. One thing unusual about it is that it is one of the few places in the Catskills where there is a patch of

Boreal Forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, ...

growing below 3,000 feet above sea level. A fire occurred near the northern shore in the 1990s. Camping is not allowed at the day-use area next to the parking lot and Pond, however, camping is allowed a short walk South along Route 214 at the Devil's Tombstone Campground.

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Reservoirs in New York (state) Catskill/Delaware watersheds Reservoirs in Greene County, New York Tourist attractions in Greene County, New York Catskill Park {{GreeneCountyNY-geo-stub