Cayuga Lake is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area and second largest in volume. It is just under 39 miles long. Its average width is 1.7 miles, and it is 3.5 mi wide at its widest point, near Aurora. It is approximately 435 ft deep at its deepest point, and has over 95 miles of shoreline.
The lake is named after the indigenous Cayuga people.