West Inlet feeds the northwest corner of Raquette Lake from the high country between Stillwater Reservoir and the Upper Works — a drainage corridor running through state Forest Preserve land but bordered by private holdings that keep it off most paddlers' maps. The stream itself is small, rocky, and seasonal in flow, more of a navigational reference point than a destination: if you're paddling the northern bays of Raquette Lake or exploring the shoreline west of South Inlet, West Inlet marks the transition from open water to forested lowlands. No formal trail follows the inlet upstream, and no fish species are documented in state survey records — this is backcountry drainage, not a fishing creek. Best known to paddlers working the perimeter of Raquette Lake or plotting long portage routes between watersheds.
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