Brantingham Lake is located in the Town of Greig in the western part of the Adirondack Park within Lewis County. The lake is surrounded by private land and has limited public access. The surrounding area offers plenty of opportunities for a variety of outdoor recreational activities; hiking, biking, paddling, horseback riding, hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling.
Brantingham Lake has limited public access; most visitors come to family camps or stay at Brantingham Lake vacation rentals.
The He-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness is not far from Brantingham Lake and offers 35-miles of hiking trails. Middle Settlement Lake is a popular destination in the area. The Adirondack Mountain Club’s Central Trails guidebook has great information about hikes in the area.
Brantingham Lake has good fishing for warm water species such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and yellow perch. In fact, the Oneida Indians referred to the lake as “fish lake.”
Brantingham Lake and the surrounding area are popular with motorsports enthusiasts.
Local restaurants include the Brantingham Inn Motel, Pine Tree Tavern, Trailside Inn, and Coach Light Inn.
Brantingham Lake is surrounded by private land; therefore, homeowners and visitors must follow lake-friendly practices. These include limiting the use of fertilizers on lawns, maintaining healthy shoreline vegetation, and cleaning & maintaining septic systems. The lake’s trophic state is classified as mesotrophic, meaning it has moderate levels of algae and phytoplankton in the lake. Additional nutrients added to the lake through fertilizers or septic systems may cause algal blooms.
Brantingham Lake has no known aquatic invasive species in it; therefore, it is extra important that boaters and visitors follow the Clean, Drain, Dry principles to prevent the introduction of an invasive species.
Land cover in the Brantingham Lake watershed. Map created with Model My Watershed.
Open Water
0.56mi²
Perennial Ice/Snow
0.00mi²
Developed, Open Space
0.23mi²
Developed, Low
0.04mi²
Developed, Medium
0.02mi²
Developed, High
0.00mi²
Barren Land
Deciduous Forest
1.78mi²
Evergreen Forest
0.94mi²
Mixed Forest
0.19mi²
Shrub/Scrub
0.02mi²
Grassland/Herbaceous
0.04mi²
Pasture/Hay
0.05mi²
Cultivated Crops
0.00mi²
Woody Wetlands
0.68mi²
Emergent Wetlands
0.01mi²
12.34%
0.00%
5.01%
0.81%
0.32%
0.03%
39.06%
20.67%
4.27%
0.32%
0.11%
1.02%
0.10%
14.94%
0.17%
1st Order Streams
4.79mi
2nd Order Streams
4.18mi
Length in agricultural areas
0.00mi
Length in non-agricultural areas
8.97mi
Total stream length
8.97mi
1.02%
0.54%
A – High Infiltration
0.00mi²
A/D – High/Very Slow Infiltration
0.00mi²
B – Moderate Infiltration
0.00mi²
B/D – Medium/Very Slow Infiltration
0.00mi²
C – Slow Infiltration
4.54mi²
C/D – Medium/Very Slow Infiltration
0.00mi²
D – Very Slow Infiltration
0.00mi²
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Lake Protection Groups
Water Quality Data & Lake Management
All photos: Pstark1
Physical Properties
This status does not necessarily represent the current status of HABs in the lake. It indicates whether HABs have ever been reported in the lake.
4.63mi² Brantingham Lake is surrounded by private land; therefore, homeowners and visitors must follow lake-friendly practices. These include limiting the use of fertilizers on lawns,
Harmful algal blooms, commonly referred to as HABs, occur due to the rapid growth of specific species of algae. HABs are most often the results
Invasive species are non-native organisms that outcompete native species when introduced to a new environment. They can be animals, plants, or disease-causing organisms. These species
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