Stillwater Reservoir
| Stillwater Reservoir | |
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Stillwater Reservoir as seen from the hamlet of Stillwater. | |
| Location | Town of Webb, Herkimer County, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 43°54′45″N 74°57′16″W / 43.9126110°N 74.9544582°W, 43°53′26″N 75°01′21″W / 43.8906515°N 75.0224439°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Beaver River, North Branch, Twitchell Creek, Gun Harbor Brook, West Branch Beaver River, South Branch |
| Primary outflows | Beaver River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 6,233 acres (25.22 km2) |
| Max. depth | 62 feet (19 m) |
| Shore length1 | 75 miles (121 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,680 feet (510 m) |
| Islands | 97 |
| Settlements | Beaver River, New York, Stillwater, New York |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Stillwater Reservoir is a man-made lake located by Beaver River, New York within the Western Adirondacks. The lake has a large amount of recreational uses including camping, canoeing, boating, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. The lake has undeveloped edges with remote camping on both the islands and the shoreline. Camping permits and lake information may be obtained from the hamlet of Stillwater at the Forest Ranger Headquarters. Fish species present in the reservoir are smallmouth bass, splake, rock bass, yellow perch, sunfish and brown trout. There is a state owned hard surface ramp on Stillwater Road, 28 miles east of Lowville, New York. the record low temperature for the state of New York of −52 °F (−47 °C) took place at Stillwater Reservoir, and was later tied by Old Forge on February 17, 1979.