Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northville Boat Launch NYSDEC · hard-surface ramp, 60 cars and trailers | Access / boat ramp | 43.22910, -74.18703 | At the head of the lake off Route 30 beside Bridge Street, Northville. Accessible, including a fishing pier. DEC's boat-launch GIS layer carries the same site as Sacandaga River State Boat Launch. |
| 2 | Sacandaga River — Bridge St., Northville Upper limit of the DEC special-regulation reach | Regulation section limit | 43.22451, -74.18171 | NYSDEC Region 5 bounds the reach "from Bridge St. in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Rte. 30". Marker sits on the Bridge Street span itself; see DEC for the rules that apply. |
| 3 | Waterfront Park, Northville Village of Northville · lakeshore park | Park / conservation area | 43.22605, -74.17072 | Village park on the Northville arm, a short walk from the state launch. Shore access and parking; no ramp. |
| 4 | Pluchino's Marina 284 Houseman Street, Mayfield · slips, fuel, rentals | Outfitter / canoe rental | 43.19191, -74.17730 | Gas dock seven days in season, pump-out, slips, boat rentals and a ship store whose own list is groceries, beer and ice — no bait or tackle. On the same street as Northampton Beach Campground; no working website of its own. |
| 5 | Northampton Boat Launch NYSDEC · hard-surface ramp, 100 cars and trailers | Access / boat ramp | 43.18616, -74.17298 | The lake's biggest ramp, inside Northampton Beach Campground and Day Use Area. Accessible. Day-use fee in season; open while the campground operates and through the winter to the end of March. |
| 6 | Northampton Beach Campground NYSDEC campground and day-use area | Campsite | 43.18563, -74.17657 | State campground on the west shore carrying the 100-car launch, a swimming beach and a day-use area: 223 sites, 328 Houseman Street, open May 15 to October 12. Article XIV Intensive Use land, DEC-managed. |
| 7 | HRBRRD Sacandaga Field Office 737 Bunker Hill Road, Mayfield · HRBRRD | Agency / conservation office | 43.15948, -74.20455 | The district owns the lake and the state buffer strip around it and runs the GSL Access Permit system, so this is the office to ask about shoreline access. Address confirmed on HRBRRD's own contact page. |
| 8 | Sunset Bay Vacation Resort 353 Paradise Point Road, Mayfield · seasonal RV resort | Campsite | 43.12842, -74.23927 | Privately run RV resort with its own marina, launch, private beach, cafe and stocked trout pond. Seasonal sites rather than a transient campground; season runs May 1 to October 15. |
| 9 | Reets Boatworks & Bayside Marina 275 Lakeside Drive, Mayfield · slips and pontoon rentals | Outfitter / canoe rental | 43.10714, -74.24953 | Wooden-boat building and restoration shop with a marina on the west shore: slips, pontoon rentals and a Freedom Boat Club base. No bait or tackle. |
| 10 | Jim's Bait Shop Second Avenue Extension, Mayfield | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 43.10196, -74.27612 | The lake's one dedicated bait-and-tackle shop, about 1.6 km off the south-west shore. Placed from its own OSM shop node; it has no website, so call ahead for hours before relying on it. |
| 11 | Fuel-n-Food 3006 State Highway 30, Gloversville · gas, groceries, fishing supplies | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 43.07755, -74.26116 | Rte 30 stop on the Mayfield side that carries fishing supplies, posts Lou's Lake Report and runs the annual Walleye Challenge. Open 6am Mon-Sat, 7am Sun. Its own site says fishing supplies, never live bait. |
| 12 | Broadalbin Boat Launch NYSDEC · hard-surface ramp, 60 cars and trailers | Access / boat ramp | 43.10496, -74.17463 | South-east corner of the lake, off County Route 110 about three miles north-east of Broadalbin village. Accessible. |
| 13 | Edinburg Town Park Town of Edinburg · shoreline park | Park / conservation area | 43.20909, -74.08263 | Town park on the east shore just south of the Batchellerville bridge; shore access and parking, no ramp. |
| 14 | Batchellerville Bridge NY 30 · the landmark crossing of the lake | Bridge crossing | 43.21178, -74.08880 | The one span that crosses the open water and the usual way between the east and west shores. Its mapped centre sits offshore because the bridge spans the lake. |
| 15 | Edinburg Marina & Powersports 140 North Shore Road, Northville · pontoon rentals, gas dock | Outfitter / canoe rental | 43.22187, -74.09347 | East-shore marina: outboards, pontoons, trailers, parts, service, a gas dock and pontoon rentals. Its own site itemises the business and lists no bait or tackle. |
| 16 | Town of Day Boat Launch NYSDEC · hard-surface ramp, North Shore Road | Access / boat ramp | 43.27165, -74.05539 | The lake's northern ramp, in Saratoga County off North Shore Road; DEC's GIS layer names it Great Sacandaga Lake Boat Launch. DEC's two own pages give the parking as 40 and as 44 cars and trailers, so treat the figure as about forty. |
| 17 | Conklingville Dam HRBRRD · the dam that made the lake | Dam / hazard | 43.31760, -73.92298 | Earth-and-concrete dam at the outlet into the Sacandaga River, NID NY00146. Keep clear of the dam face and the outlet channel below it. |
| 18 | USGS 01323500 — Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklingville Lake level, updated through the day | USGS gauge | 43.31603, -73.92708 | The lake's USGS gauge, at the dam rather than out on the open water — it reads reservoir elevation, not a river stage. |
Gauge: USGS 01323500 — GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE AT CONKLINGVILLE NY. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Regulations: dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Northampton Beach - a state campground and boat launch on the north shore, the busiest public access.
Broadalbin launch - the south shore ramp, closest to the deeper eastern basin.
Sacandaga Park and Sport Island - shoreline access and small launches on the western arm.
Conklingville Dam area - the deep eastern end and the walleye ground late in the season.
The Sacandaga River inlet at the west end - current and spring staging water.
Mayfield and Vandenburgh Point - rocky structure holding smallmouth bass through the summer.
Gloversville and Northville - the nearest towns for tackle, licenses, lodging and guides.
Spring: the walleye opener in early May finds fish near the inlets and on rising water as the reservoir refills.
Summer: walleye move to deeper structure and low-light periods, while smallmouth bass fish well on the rocky points all day.
Fall: drawdown concentrates fish and this is the strongest big-walleye and big-pike stretch of the open-water year.
Winter: a major ice fishery for walleye, north