Where is Onondaga Lake, how big is it and what are its tributaries?
Onondaga Lake is located in Upstate New York along the northern end of the City of Syracuse in Onondaga County. The lake itself is approximately one mile wide and 4.6 miles long and covers an area of 4.6 square miles. It has a mean depth of 35 feet and a maximum depth of 63 feet. Its drainage basin or watershed is 285 square miles consisting of both urban and rural land uses. The lake’s natural tributaries are Nine Mile Creek, Onondaga Creek, Harbor Brook, Ley Creek, Saw Mill Creek and Bloody Brook. Water flows out of the lake into the Seneca River through a single outlet at its north end. The Seneca River combines with the Oneida River to form the Oswego River, which flows north into Lake Ontario.
