Largest lakes & reservoirs in Great North Woods Region, NH by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 4 articles we have published for Great North Woods Region, NH lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US New England Region > New Hampshire > Great North Woods Region, NH > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Great North Woods Region, NH, only the 4 Great North Woods Region, NH lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Umbagog Lake, ME/NH (Great North Woods Region, NH, Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
7,850 ac | Also known as Rangeley Lakes Umbagog Lake straddles about 11 miles of the Maine-New Hampshire border. This 7,850-acre lake lies partly in the Rangeley Lakes region of western Main… |
| First Connecticut Lake, NH (Great North Woods Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
3,071 ac | New Hampshire’s Connecticut Lakes, located in the state’s Great North Woods region, are comprised of four lakes: First Connecticut Lake, Second Connec… |
| Forest Lake (Great North Woods Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
196 ac | A clear summer day finds many visitors and locals enjoying the weather at Forest Lake, where a 200-foot white beach is covered with sunning families a… |
| Mirror Lake NH (Great North Woods Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA, White Mountains Region, NH) |
54 ac | Slowly the moose wades through the grasses at the edge of Mirror Lake, tipping his huge head down to drink. On the opposite shore a kayaker glides int… |