Honeoye Lake
| Honeoye Lake | |
|---|---|
| Haneayah (Seneca) | |
Honeoye Lake as viewed from the Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area, October 2013. | |
Honeoye Lake Location within New York Honeoye Lake Honeoye Lake (the United States) | |
| Location | Ontario County, New York |
| Group | Finger Lakes |
| Coordinates | 42°45′N 77°30.7′W / 42.750°N 77.5117°W |
| Type | Ground moraine |
| Primary inflows | Honeoye Inlet, Bray Gully, Briggs Gully |
| Primary outflows | Honeoye Creek |
| Catchment area | 36.7 sq mi (95 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 4.5 mi (7.2 km) |
| Max. width | 0.8 mi (1.3 km) |
| Surface area | 1,772 acres (717 ha) |
| Average depth | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Max. depth | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Water volume | .0086 cu mi (0.036 km3) |
| Shore length1 | 9.6 miles (15.4 km) |
| Surface elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Settlements | Honeoye, Richmond, Canadice |
| References | World Lakes Database NYFalls.com USGS |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Honeoye Lake (/ˈhʌniɔɪ/ HUN-ee-oy) is a Finger Lake in Ontario County in western New York state. It is the third largest of the four Finger Lakes in the county, and second smallest in all. Most of the lake is within the town of Richmond but a smaller southwestern part is in the town of Canadice. The hamlet of Honeoye is just north of the lake.
The name Honeoye comes from the Seneca word ha-ne-a-yah, which means lying finger, or where the finger lies. The name comes from the local story of a Native American whose finger was bitten by a rattlesnake and who therefore cut off his finger with a tomahawk.