Lake Pleasant is located in the
Adirondack Park
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in
New York
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in the
United States
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. The
lake
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is in the town of
Lake Pleasant in
Hamilton County.
The lake is about long and about wide with its length oriented in an approximate northeast to southwest direction, the widest part at the northeast end. The village of
Speculator is at its northern tip, and the
hamlet
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of
Lake Pleasant, the
county seat
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, is by the western end.
NY Route 8 traverses the north side of the lake, and South Shore Road goes around the south part.
Lake Pleasant is linked to
Sacandaga Lake
Sacandaga Lake (sa-kuhn-DAH-ga) is located in the Town of Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County, New York approximately west of Speculator. The outlet is a channel that leads to Lake Pleasant, which is the source of the Sacandaga River.
The lake ...
by the Sacandaga Outlet, a small stream that passes under Route 8. The
Sacandaga River
The Sacandaga River is a river in the northern part of New York (state), New York in the United States. Its name comes from the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American ''Sa-chen-da'-ga'', meaning "overflowed lands".
The Sacandaga Ri ...
drains Lake Pleasant and flows out the northern end by Speculator.
The lake is ringed with seasonal and year-round houses. A public beach is at the north end in Speculator. Most commercial development is found along Route 8 and adjacent to Speculator, while the area along South Shore Road is primarily residential.
Fishing
Fish species in the lake are
smallmouth bass
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,
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern ...
,
yellow perch
The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill fr ...
,
rainbow trout
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,
brown trout
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,
rock bass
The rock bass (''Ambloplites rupestris''), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America. This red-eyed fish is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (bi ...
,
chain pickerel
The chain pickerel (''Esox niger'') is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (biology), family (family Esocidae) of order (biology), order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (''E. americanus'') belong to the ''Esox ...
,
sunfish, and
black bullhead
The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish (''Ameiurus melas'') is a species of Ameiurus, bullhead catfish. Like other bullhead catfish, it has the ability to thrive in waters that are low in oxygen, brackish, turbid, and/or very warm. It also ...
. There is a state-owned public hand launch on the north shore near the outlet and also a navigable channel from
Sacandaga Lake
Sacandaga Lake (sa-kuhn-DAH-ga) is located in the Town of Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County, New York approximately west of Speculator. The outlet is a channel that leads to Lake Pleasant, which is the source of the Sacandaga River.
The lake ...
.
References
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Lakes of New York (state)
Lakes of Hamilton County, New York