Largest lakes & reservoirs in Maine Highlands 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 10 articles we have published for Maine Highlands Region, ME lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US New England Region > Maine > Maine Highlands Region, ME > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Maine Highlands Region, ME, only the 10 Maine Highlands Region, ME lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Moosehead Lake, ME (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
4,210,000 ac-ft | 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… |
| Schoodic Lake (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
505,377 ac-ft | One of the large lakes in the Maine Highlands region, Schoodic Lake has managed to stay off the recreation radar of many Maine vacationers. Only an ho… |
| Sebec Lake, ME (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
283,337 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Sebec) Located in central Maine’s Piscataquis River Valley, Sebec Lake is surrounded by a land of recreational opportunity. Whether you come to relax in New… |
| Millinocket Lake (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
179,982 ac-ft | Nestled within the Maine Highlands tourism region, Millinocket Lake is known for its stunning views of Mount Katahdin, the tallest mountain peak in Ma… |
| Sebasticook Lake (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
89,666 ac-ft | The fertile waters of Sebasticook Lake have drawn people to its shores since prehistoric times. This Maine Highlands lake is the site of one of the ol… |
| Indian Pond, ME (Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Region, ME, Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
9,922 ac-ft | (Also known as Big Indian Lake) The leaves are turning color, setting the countryside on fire with patches of gold, amber, and red. It’s not as cold as winter, but the air is alive w… |
| Silver Lake ME (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
7,143 ac-ft | (Also known as Mattakeunk Pond) Silver Lake, also known as Mattakeunk Pond, is an irregularly-shaped body of water covering 530 acres in Penobscot County, Maine. Silver Lake’s sparkl… |