Largest lakes & reservoirs in Down East & Acadia Region, ME 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 9 articles we have published for Down East & Acadia Region, ME lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US New England Region > Maine > Down East & Acadia Region, ME > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Down East & Acadia Region, ME, only the 9 Down East & Acadia Region, ME lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| West Grand Lake, ME (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
555,978 ac-ft | 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… |
| Beech Hill Pond, ME (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
51,967 ac-ft | (Also known as Beech Hill Lake) The coffee cup warms her hands as she sits on the dock in the early morning chill, watching a pair of loons glide across the water, their distinctive… |
| Toddy Pond (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
49,989 ac-ft | Toddy Pond is an elongated body of water tucked inside the Downeast and Acadia region of Maine. The lake is known for the spectacular mirror-like refl… |
| Eagle Lake, ME (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
18,160 ac-ft | Scenic Eagle Lake is nestled within Maine’s Acadia National Park. The lake has a surface area of 466 acres and a shoreline length of five miles. With… |
| Boyden Lake, ME (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
14,721 ac-ft | Boyden Lake is located in Maine’s Down East & Acadia tourism region, close to the USA-Canada border. Covering 1,759 acres with a shoreline length… |