Truesdale Lake  

South Salem, New York

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February 7, 2021
by rob
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Truesdale Winter Panorama

First try at creating an overhead panorama of Lake Truesdale in the winter. Let me know what you think. Email lake@truesdalelake.com.

January 6, 2021
by rob
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Some Lake New Year’s Resolutions for 2021

Some Lake Stewardship Resolutions: I will get my septic tank pumped and inspected. If the tank baffles are missing or damaged, I’ll have them replaced. (Wind River, formerly Kaiser-Battistone offers 15% discount for lake area residents – but you have to … Continue reading →

October 19, 2015
by rob
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Signs of Fall

Leaves are changing colors, days are getting shorter, and beach toys have been packed away for the winter.

Share your fall photos of Truesdale Lake – send them to us at lake@truesdalelake.com and we’ll put them up at the lake website.

To start things off, here are a few fall shots around the lake. Continue reading →

April 3, 2015
by rob
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Muskrat and Melting Ice

In 16 winters here I don’t remember seeing the ice stay past March 31st. This winter was so cold we entered the month of April with ice and it has stuck around for a few days.

The warm air and the cold ice made a foggy inversion layer today that just begged to be photographed.

I was taking photos of the fog, ice, and lake shore when a decent sized muskrat surfaced in the open water between the ice layer and the shoreline. I was able to snap off a few photos from our floating dock. Unfortunately as I went to change the settings to a higher shutter speed to catch the creature in action, he noticed me and ducked back under the ice. Continue reading →