NY Bloomingdale 123321 1978 25000 - cropped to Rainbow Lake

Rainbow Lake is a small lake in the northern

Adirondacks The Adirondack Mountains ( ) are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York (state), New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about . The region contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the hi ...

of New York, United States. The

esker An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an ''asar'', ''osar'', or ''serpent kame'', is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North Amer ...

that bisects the eponymous lake extends discontinuously for . Its area is 588.4 acres (238.1 ha) with a depth of over 50 feet (15 m); the adjacent Clear Pond on the north side of the esker has an area of 96.8 acres (39.2 ha) and a similar depth. The lake was certified as loon-friendly in 2002 by the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.

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External links

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Bathymetric/Fishing map for Rainbow Lake and Clear Pond
Upstate New York Lakes of New York (state) Lakes of Franklin County, New York {{US-lake-stub