List of lakes of New Hampshire explained
This is a list of lakes and ponds in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lists 944 lakes and impoundments in their Official List of Public Waters.[1] The water bodies that are listed include natural lakes and reservoirs, including areas on rivers impounded behind dams.
Wikipedia articles have been written about the following New Hampshire lakes. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
| Lake | Town(s) or city | Area (acres)[2] | Area (hectares) |
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| Akers Pond | Errol | 276.3 | 111.8 |
| Armington, Lake | Piermont | 152.2 | 61.6 |
| Arlington Mill Reservoir | Salem | 268.6 | 108.7 |
| Ashuelot Pond | Washington | 367.8 | 148.9 |
| Ayers Island Reservoir | Bristol, Bridgewater, New Hampton | 500.0 | 202.3 |
| Baboosic Lake | Amherst, Merrimack | 228.5 | 92.5 |
| Back Lake | Pittsburg | 347.7 | 140.1 |
| Balch Pond/Stump Pond | Wakefield, NH
- Newfield, ME; Acton, ME
| 570.7 | 230.9 |
| Baxter Lake | Farmington, Rochester | 302.1 | 122.3 |
| Bellamy Reservoir | Madbury, Dover | 382.2 | 154.7 |
| Bow Lake | Strafford, Northwood | 1,160.7 | 469.7 |
| Broad Bay | Freedom, Effingham | 463.8 | 187.7 |
| Canaan Street Lake | Canaan | 303.0 | 122.6 |
| Canobie Lake | Windham, Salem | 373.4 | 151.1 |
| Cedar Pond | Milan | 78 | 32 |
| Chocorua Lake | Tamworth | 222 | 90 |
| Christine Lake | Stark | 197 | 80 |
| Cobbetts Pond | Windham | 302.1 | 122.3 |
| Comerford Reservoir | Monroe, NH
- Littleton, NH; Barnet, VT; Waterford, VT
| 1,093.0 | 442.3 |
| Contoocook Lake | Jaffrey, Rindge | 322.9 | 130.7 |
| Conway Lake | Conway, Eaton | 1,299.0 | 525.7 |
| Country Pond | Kingston, Newton | 255.0 | 103.2 |
| Crystal Lake | Enfield | 404.4 | 163.7 |
| Crystal Lake | Gilmanton | 440.9 | 178.4 |
| Crystal Lake | Manchester | 18.6 | 7.5 |
| Dan Hole Pond | Ossipee, Tuftonboro | 443.3 | 179.4 |
| Deering Reservoir | Deering | 315.4 | 127.6 |
| Dublin Pond | Dublin | 240 | 97 |
| Eastman Pond | Grantham, Enfield | 335.0 | 135.6 |
| Echo Lake | Franconia | 38.2 | 15.5 |
| Echo Lake | Conway | 15.7 | 6.4 |
| First Connecticut Lake | Pittsburg | 3,071.0 | 1,242.8 |
| Fourth Connecticut Lake | Pittsburg | 1.8 | 0.74 |
| Francis, Lake (Murphy Dam) | Pittsburg, Clarksville | 1,933.8 | 782.6 |
| Franklin Pierce Lake | Hillsborough, Antrim | 483.4 | 195.6 |
| Goose Pond | Canaan, Hanover | 624.6 | 252.8 |
| Grafton Pond | Grafton | 321.0 | 129.9 |
| Granite Lake | Nelson, Stoddard | 232.5 | 94.1 |
| Great East Lake | Wakefield, NH
- Acton, ME
| 1,829.6 | 740.4 |
| Great Pond | Kingston | 268.0 | 108.5 |
| Greenough Pond | Wentworth Location | 234 | 95 |
| Halfmoon Lake | Barnstead, Alton | 282.4 | 114.3 |
| Harrisville Pond | Harrisville | 138 | 56 |
| Highland Lake | Stoddard, Washington | 712.0 | 288.1 |
| Hopkins Pond (Adder Pond) | Andover | 27 | 11 |
| Horn Pond | Wakefield, NH
- Acton, ME
| 227 | 92 |
| Island Pond | Stoddard | 179 | 72 |
| Island Pond | Derry, Hampstead, Atkinson | 531.6 | 215.1 |
| Ivanhoe, Lake | Wakefield | 68 | 28 |
| Jenness Pond | Northwood, Pittsfield | 266.9 | 108.0 |
| Kanasatka, Lake | Moultonborough | 371.0 | 150.1 |
| Lakes of the Clouds | Sargent's Purchase | 0.6 | 0.24 |
| Little Squam Lake | Ashland, Holderness | 408.1 | 165.1 |
| Little Sunapee Lake | New London, Springfield | 472.0 | 191.0 |
| Locke Lake | Barnstead | 149 | 60 |
| Lonesome Lake | Lincoln | 12.2 | 4.9 |
| Lovell Lake | Wakefield | 538.0 | 217.7 |
| Mascoma Lake | Enfield, Lebanon | 1,165.3 | 471.6 |
| Massabesic Lake | Auburn, Manchester | 2,561.4 | 1,036.6 |
| Massasecum, Lake | Bradford | 401.7 | 162.6 |
| McIndoes Reservoir | Monroe, NH
- Barnet, VT
| 545.0 | 220.6 |
| Mendums Pond | Barrington, Nottingham | 252.7 | 102.3 |
| Merrymeeting Lake | New Durham | 1,233.0 | 499.0 |
| Milton Pond | Milton, NH
- Lebanon, ME
| 270.5 | 109.5 |
| Mirror Lake | Tuftonboro | 332.8 | 134.7 |
| Monomonac, Lake | Rindge, NH
- Winchendon, MA
| 593.8 | 240.3 |
| Moore Reservoir | Littleton, NH, Dalton, NH; Waterford, VT; Concord, VT | 3,490.0 | 1,412.3 |
| Newfound Lake | Bristol, Hebron, Alexandria | 4,450.7 | 1,801.2 |
| Northeast Pond | Milton, NH
- Lebanon, ME; Acton, ME
| 682.7 | 276.4 |
| Northwood Lake | Northwood, Epsom | 653.0 | 264.3 |
| Nubanusit Lake | Nelson, Hancock | 715.0 | 289.3 |
| Opechee Bay | Laconia | 449.0 | 181.7 |
| Ossipee Lake | Ossipee, Freedom | 3,245.3 | 1,313.4 |
| Paugus Bay | Laconia | 1,220.0 | 493.7 |
| Pawtuckaway Lake | Nottingham | 783.4 | 317.0 |
| Pearly Lake | Rindge | 191.5 | 77.5 |
| Pemigewasset Lake | New Hampton, Meredith | 255.8 | 103.5 |
| Penacook Lake | Concord | 360.0 | 145.7 |
| Pine River Pond | Wakefield | 570.4 | 230.8 |
| Pleasant Lake | Deerfield | 479.0 | 193.8 |
| Pleasant Lake | New London | 606.0 | 245.2 |
| Pontook Reservoir | Dummer | 280.0 | 113.3 |
| Potanipo Pond | Brookline | 136.2 | 55.1 |
| Powder Mill Pond | Bennington, Hancock, Greenfield | 435.0 | 176.0 |
| Powwow Pond | Kingston, East Kingston | 285.3 | 115.5 |
| Profile Lake | Franconia | 13 | 5.3 |
| Province Lake | Wakefield, NH
- Effingham, NH; Parsonsfield, ME
| 967.1 | 391.4 |
| Sebbins Pond | Bedford | 20 | 8.1 |
| Second Connecticut Lake | Pittsburg | 1,102.1 | 446.0 |
| Silver Lake | Harrisville, Nelson | 332.7 | 134.6 |
| Silver Lake | Hollis | 39 | 16 |
| Silver Lake | Madison | 969.4 | 392.3 |
| Skatutakee Lake | Harrisville | 228 | 92 |
| Solitude, Lake | Newbury | 4.6 | 1.9 |
| Spofford Lake | Chesterfield | 738.8 | 299.0 |
| Squam Lake | Holderness, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Sandwich | 6,790.7 | 2,748.2 |
| Stinson Lake | Rumney | 350.0 | 141.6 |
| Success Pond | Success | 290.0 | 117.4 |
| Sunapee, Lake | Sunapee, New London, Newbury | 4,136.2 | 1,673.9 |
| Suncook Lakes | Barnstead | 697.0 | 282.1 |
| Sunrise Lake | Middleton | 256.9 | 104.0 |
| Sunset Lake | Alton, Gilmanton | 252.7 | 102.3 |
| Surry Mountain Lake | Surry | 265.0 | 107.2 |
| Swains Lake | Barrington | 348.8 | 141.2 |
| Tarleton, Lake | Piermont, Warren | 334.3 | 135.3 |
| Third Connecticut Lake | Pittsburg | 231 | 93 |
| Thorndike Pond | Jaffrey, Dublin | 248.7 | 100.6 |
| Turkey Ponds | Concord | 339.0 | 137.2 |
| Tuxbury Pond | South Hampton, NH
- Amesbury, MA
| 119 | 48 |
| Umbagog Lake | Errol, NH
- Cambridge, NH; Upton, ME; Magalloway, ME
| 7,538.9 | 3,051.0 |
| Waukewan, Lake | Meredith, New Hampton | 928.3 | 375.7 |
| Weare Reservoir | Weare | 279.1 | 113.0 |
| Webster Lake | Franklin | 612.0 | 247.7 |
| Wentworth, Lake | Wolfeboro | 3,115.6 | 1,260.9 |
| White Oak Pond | Holderness | 291.0 | 117.8 |
| Wicwas, Lake | Meredith | 350.1 | 141.7 |
| Willard Pond | Antrim | 108.0 | 44.0 |
| Winnipesaukee, Lake | Laconia, Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor,
Moultonborough, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro, Alton | 44,586.0 | 18,043.1 |
| Winnisquam, Lake | Tilton, Belmont, Sanbornton, Laconia, Meredith | 4,237.5 | 1,714.9 |
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References
Notes and References
- Web site: Official List of Public Waters. October 9, 2020. New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Water Division: Dam Bureau. March 2, 2021.
- Web site: GRANITview mapping system. NH GRANIT statewide GIS. January 7, 2013. (for corrections to some lake area figures)
