Editing Speculator, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|47.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|44.7|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|2.6|sqmi|km2}}, or 5.46%, are water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}</ref>

Unusually, the village has an exclave in the northern portion of its containing township ([[Lake Pleasant, New York|Lake Pleasant]]). The exclave is completely inaccessible by road and it is not clear why it exists. The closest roadway to the exclave is [[New York State Route 28|NY 28]].

Speculator Mountain, with an altitude of {{convert|904|m|order=flip}}, is south of the village.

Lake Pleasant and Sacandaga Lake are west of the village.<ref name="GIS1"/> The [[Sacandaga River]] assumes its riverine nature from the outflow of Lake Pleasant at Speculator, although much of the water flows from Sacandaga Lake through the Sacandaga Lake Outlet into Lake Pleasant underneath NY-8 southwest of the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}

[[New York State Route 8|NY 8]] and [[New York State Route 30|NY 30]] intersect and combine in the village.

The entire village is located within the Lake Pleasant Central School District.<ref name="GIS1"/>