Largest lakes & reservoirs in US New England Region 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 181 articles we have published for US New England Region lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US New England Region > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in US New England Region, only the 181 US New England Region lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Champlain (Adirondacks Region, NY, Canada, Lake Champlain Valley Region, VT, New York, Quebec, Canada, US Mid-Atlantic Region, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
271,000 ac | Lake Champlain, straddling New York and Vermont in the USA, and Quebec in Canada, is a natural freshwater lake seated 96 feet above sea level. Briefly… |
| Moosehead Lake, ME (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
75,471 ac | Moosehead Lake, nestled in the Longfellow Mountains in the Maine Highlands Region, is the largest lake in Maine. It has an elevation of 1,023 feet, bo… |
| Lake Winnipesaukee, NH (Lakes Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
44,586 ac | By far the largest lake in the state, Lake Winnipesaukee covers an incredible 44,586 New Hampshire acres. The lake is the third largest lake in all of… |
| Sebago Lake, ME (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
29,992 ac | Sebago Lake is the deepest and second largest lake in Maine. It stretches 12 miles long, boasts a 98 mile shoreline, covers 45 square miles, reaches a… |
| Lake Memphremagog, VT / Canada (Canada, Northeast Kingdom Region, VT, Quebec, Canada, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
25,205 ac | Also known as Lac Memphremagog A perfect reflection of brightly colored mountains among a blue backdrop is cast upon Lake Memphremagog’s smooth, motionless surface. A kayaker, sitti… |
| Quabbin Reservoir (Massachusetts, US New England Region, USA, Western Massachusetts) |
24,704 ac | One of the country’s largest man-made public water supplies, Quabbin Reservoir dominates the landscape in Western Massachusetts. Supplying much of the… |
| Belgrade Lakes, ME (Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
20,311 ac | Also known as Long Pond, East Pond, Great Pond, Messalonskee Lake, McGrath Pond, North Pond, Salmon Lake American writer E.B. White put the Belgrade Lakes Chain on the map with his piece “Once More to the Lake”: “Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of lif… |
| Spednic Lake (Aroostook County, ME, Canada, Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Canada, US New England Region, USA) |
17,219 ac | A lone canoe glides through the water of Spednic Lake with only a pair of loons for company. Unknowingly dancing between two countries, the canoeist s… |
| Mooselookmeguntic Lake, ME (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
16,300 ac | Also known as Rangeley Lakes Mooselookmeguntic Lake is part of the Rangeley Lakes Region of Western Maine, straddling the borders of Franklin and Oxford Counties. The lake is part… |
| East Grand Lake, ME (Aroostook County, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
16,070 ac | East Grand Lake is a part of the Maine’s Chiputneticook chain of lakes, along with North, Palfrey and Spednic Lakes. Lengthwise, it is cut nearly prec… |
| West Grand Lake, ME (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
14,467 ac | The wooden broad-beamed canoe, carrying a guide and fishermen, glides across the water of West Grand Lake, Maine, leaving a small trail in its wake. A… |
| Brassua Lake (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
8,979 ac | Also known as Little Brassua Lake-historic Sprawling across almost 9,000 acres of the Maine Highlands Region, Brassua Lake is actually little known. The large reservoir was created in 1925 when… |