Buck Horn Lake is a small private lake in the Southern Tier region of upstate New York. It is located in the town of Unadilla, approximately 150 miles (240 km) northwest of New York City and 90 miles (140 km) west of Albany. There are around 35 houses on the lake, most being summer homes and camps. Buck Horn is a man-made lake, constructed in the late 1950s by a man named Wendell Bachman.