A map for a safer Great Sacandaga.
The Great Sacandaga Lake Mapping Project charts what matters on 29 miles of water: every buoy in the lettered marker system, the rock walls and shoals that hide at summer pool, boat launches, fuel docks, and the emergency access points first responders need when minutes count. It's built the only way a map like this can be — by the people who live on the lake, working with the crews who answer its calls.
- 450+points of interest mapped
- 200+community contributors
- 5first-responder partnerships
What the project shares with AdirondackRegion.com, layer by layer — displayed with permission and credit, and replaced wholesale whenever they publish an update.
Buoy markers
The lake's lettered marker system, buoy by buoy — positions refined season after season.
Hazard outlines
Rock walls, shoals, and submerged hazards traced from low-water observation — the lines that keep props whole.
Life-jacket loaner stations
Free loaner life jackets at marinas and launches around the shore.
Charted positions, not live tracking — seasonal buoys come out every winter. Reference only, never navigation.
Report what you see
A buoy off station, a new hazard, a point of interest the map is missing — send it through the project's feedback form, with coordinates if you can.
Open your shoreline
Landowners who can help document emergency access points to the lake across their property are the project's standing request — access that saves responders minutes.
Use it, carefully
Conditions change constantly. The project asks what we ask: use the map for orientation, keep a lookout, and wear the life jacket.
Two projects, one lakeThe Mapping Project charts what stays put. For what changes — thin ice, floating debris, conditions turning — meet the Henry D Ross III Memorial Fund and their Send It app.