Geneva Statistics

For Statistic Aficionados

Population: (2010 Census; U.S. Census Bureau) 

City of Geneva 13,261 
Town of Geneva 3,291
Ontario County 107,931 

County: Ontario

Distance to Other Cities:(in miles)

Buffalo 111-2hrs

Corning 58-1hr
Ithaca 46- 1hr
New York City 280 -5hrs
Niagara Falls (NY) 123 -2hrs
Rochester 46 -1hr
Syracuse 53-1hr
Baltimore (MD) 374 -6hrs
Boston (MA) 380- 6hrs
Cleveland (OH) 297- 5hrs
Hartford (CT) 304- 5hrs
Pittsburgh (PA) 335 -5hrs
Philadelphia (PA) 305 5hrs
Toronto (Canada) 203-3hrs
Washington (DC) 419-7hrs

Seneca Lake Stats

Created by receding glaciers during the last ice age, Seneca Lake is the deepest and widest of the Finger Lakes and the second deepest lake in New York State. It has more wineries than any of the other Finger Lakes and has frozen over only 9 times since the beginning of weather record-keeping.

Area: 43,343 acres 
Length: 38 miles 
Shoreline: 75.4 miles 
Max. Depth: 618 feet 
Volume: 4.2 trillion gallons 
Max. Width: 3 mile 
Elevation: 445 feet

New York State Canal System

A 524-mile long inland waterway that crosses upstate New York. It has 57 locks and 16 lift bridges. It forms a widespread transportation network providing links between various types of transportation within and beyond the state's borders.

Includes four Canals: the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca; canalized natural waterways, plus five lakes: Oneida, Onondaga, Cross, Cayuga and Seneca; short Canal sections at Ithaca and Watkins Glen; feeder reservoirs, canals and rivers not accessible by boat from the Canal; and Canal terminals on Lake Champlain. Links the Hudson River with Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes, the Niagara River and Lake Erie, passes through 25 counties and close to 200 villages, hamlets and towns.

Primary Canal System user groups are: transient boaters, local boaters/anglers, tour boats/cruise boats, hire boat operators/users, and tourists via land. 

Visit www.nyscanals.gov for more information on the New York State Canal System.