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Playland Lake

Rye, New York — Westchester County.

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84Surface acres
1.1 miShoreline trails

Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 132168461).

Location & fast facts

Where Playland Lake is in New York

The red circle marks Playland Lake.

Fast facts

About Playland Lake

  • County: Westchester
  • Town: Rye
  • Mapped as: Lake or pond (USGS National Hydrography Dataset)
  • Distance: about 116 mi from Albany and 192 mi from Syracuse, straight-line (not driving distance)

Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.

Fishing in New York

Official NYSDEC pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.

Good for & watch for

Good for

  • Walking. 1.1 mi of trail near the shore (trails)

Watch for

  • Cold water. Water stays cold well into late spring and turns cold again in fall. Wear a life jacket when paddling in the shoulder seasons.

Built only from the data on this page: official access lists, OpenStreetMap beaches and trails, campground listings, state and USGS invasive-species records. We don't rate crowds or water quality.

Lake map

Playland Lake shoreline

¼ mileN

No public access sites are listed for this water in the NYSDEC boat launch sites (data.ny.gov) data.

Shoreline trail

Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 132168461), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: NYSDEC boat launch sites (data.ny.gov). Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

1.1 miTrail within 100 m of shore
About 40%Of the shoreline
NoLoops the whole lake
North and east shoresWhere

OpenStreetMap shows about 1.1 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 100 m (330 ft) of the Playland Lake shoreline, mostly along the north and east shores.

Trails along the shore

The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.

Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 100 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.

Conditions right now

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Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (40.9710, -73.6686). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Playland Lake. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Sun & moon at Playland Lake

Best fishing times

Major periodMinor periodDaylight

    Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.

    Contact & official info

    Questions about Playland Lake

    How big is Playland Lake?

    Playland Lake covers about 84 acres in Rye, New York (Westchester County).

    What towns are on Playland Lake?

    Playland Lake touches Rye in Westchester County, New York.

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