Skaneateles is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,209 at the 2010 census. The name is from the Iroquois term for the adjacent Skaneateles Lake, which means "long lake." The town is on the western border of the county and includes a village, also named Skaneateles.
The Skaneateles Conservation Area, includes the Federal Farm, Guppy Farm, and other Gully Road parcels, located on Old Seneca Turnpike (surrounding the Town of Skaneateles transfer station) and on both sides of Gully Road, in the northeastern part of the town, contains about 300 acres of land, much of it wooded, a fishing pond, a beaver pond, wetlands, waterfall, observation decks, pavilion, picnic tables, and lean-to for camping (by permission only).
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