Largest lakes & reservoirs in Crossroads of Vermont by water volume
The estimated volume of water that a lake contains is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. By this measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Siberia’s Lake Baikal.Water Volume can be measured in acre-feet, in cubic miles, or in cubic kilometers. One acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot. One cubic mile equals 3,379,200 acre-feet. One cubic kilometer equals 810,713 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot is equal to 325,851 US gallons. Siberia’s Lake Baikal contains about 6,276,367,740,000,000 gallons of freshwater – nearly 1 million gallons for every living person on earth.
The other – and more widely used – measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s surface acreage. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is North America’s Lake Superior.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
You can find many of the the world’s largest lakes (by water volume) on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, the water volume data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 5 articles we have published for Crossroads of Vermont lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US New England Region > Vermont > Crossroads of Vermont > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Crossroads of Vermont, only the 5 Crossroads of Vermont lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake St. Catherine, VT (Crossroads of Vermont, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
33,448 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake St Catherine, Lake Saint Catherine) Lake St. Catherine is a 930-acre lake located in the Crossroads of Vermont tourism region, along Route 30 south of the Town of Poultney. Lake St Cathe… |
| Chittenden Reservoir (Crossroads of Vermont, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
17,200 ac-ft | Eight miles northeast of the town of Rutland, Chittenden Reservoir is a hidden gem. The 750-acre reservoir is surrounded by Green Mountain National Fo… |
| Beebe Pond (Crossroads of Vermont, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
2,886 ac-ft | (Also known as Beebe Lake) For a tranquil setting located in the center of abundant outdoor activity, historic locations, and stunning scenery, Beebe Pond in Vermont’s Rutland C… |