New York Gazetteer
Rockefeller Lake is a cultural feature (reservoir) in Greene County. The primary coordinates for Rockefeller Lake places it within the NY 12413 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Rockefeller Lake |
| Category: | New York physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Reservoir |
| Description: | 20 acres in size. Located in the N part of the Town of Cairo, on an unnamed tributary of Catskill Creek, 2.1 km (1.3 mi) S of Freehold and 21 km (13 mi) NW of the community of Catskill. |
| History: | Named for Dewitt Rockefeller (1904-1989), a local farmer, contractor and builder of the feature. |
| County: | Greene County |
| Latitude: | 42.3393244 |
| Longitude: | -74.0526396 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rockefeller Lake: Rockefeller Lake.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Rockefeller Lake does not include property ownership information.
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East Durham, NY
(3.1 miles NW) Cairo, NY (3.9 miles SE) Round Top, NY (5.1 miles SSE) Greenville, NY (5.5 miles NNE) South Cairo, NY (6.6 miles SE) |
Leeds, NY
(9.7 miles SE) Haines Falls, NY (10.1 miles SSW) Windham, NY (10.4 miles WSW) Tannersville, NY (10.8 miles SSW) Preston-Potter Hollow, NY (11.1 miles NW) |
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Freehold, NY
(1.4 miles N) Sunside, NY (1.4 miles W) Acra, NY (1.9 miles S) South Durham, NY (2.4 miles WSW) Woodstock, NY (2.4 miles ESE) |
Place Corners, NY
(3.6 miles ENE) Durso Corner, NY (3.9 miles W) Hervey Street, NY (3.9 miles W) Gayhead, NY (4.3 miles E) Greenville Center, NY (4.3 miles NE) |
