Largest lakes & reservoirs in Connecticut by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > New England > Connecticut > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 30 articles we have published for Connecticut lakes.
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.
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Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Candlewood Lake CT (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
167,112 ac-ft | Candlewood Lake is Connecticut’s largest man-made reservoir. The City of Danbury and four other towns (Brookfield, New Milford, Sherman and New Fairfi… |
| Lake Lillinonah (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
68,068 ac-ft | With more than 1500 acres of boating and fishing waters, bordered by a wide variety of shoreline vistas, Lake Lillinonah in southwestern Connecticut i… |
| Colebrook River Lake (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, Massachusetts, New England, USA, Western) |
43,778 ac-ft | (Also known as Colebrook River Reservoir) With over 800 acres of boating and fishing waters, with no residential development, Colebrook River Lake – straddling the Connecticut and Massachusett… |
| Saugatuck Reservoir (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
37,215 ac-ft | Saugatuck Reservoir is an outdoor person’s wonderland with great fishing, wonderful hiking, a unique landscape and a plethora of woodland and marsh bi… |
| Lake Zoar (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
26,361 ac-ft | (Also known as Zoar Lake) With more than 900 acres of boating and fishing waters bordered by shoreline vistas, southwestern Connecticut’s Lake Zoar is a great outdoor destinati… |
| Lake Waramaug (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
16,400 ac-ft | Lake Waramaug is over four miles long, and in the Housatonic River Drainage Basin offering wonderful outdoor recreation and fine fishing for residents… |
| Bantam Lake (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
13,099 ac-ft | Bantam Lake is an outdoor wonderland with great fishing, an almost completely forested shoreline and White Memorial Foundation – a nationally known co… |
| Highland Lake CT (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
11,800 ac-ft | Highland Lake is a 444-acre lake nestled in the Berkshire Mountains of Litchfield County near the city of Winsted, Connecticut. Known as a resort lake… |
| Pachaug Pond (Connecticut, Mystic Country, New England, USA) |
5,551 ac-ft | Pachaug Pond is nestled in the town of Griswold, in southeastern Connecticut and is the state’s largest public water body east of the Connecticut Rive… |
| Beach Pond (Connecticut, Mystic Country, New England, Rhode Island, USA, Washington County) |
4,100 ac-ft | Beach Pond’s 459 acres span the south-central Rhode Island-Connecticut state line near the communities of Exeter and Voluntown — the wooded shoreline… |
| Winchester Lake (Connecticut, Litchfield Hills, New England, USA) |
3,120 ac-ft | Winchester Lake is nestled in the heart of northwestern Connecticut’s elegant Litchfield County. At 229 acres, the inviting water offers visitors and… |
| Quaddick Lake (Connecticut, Mystic Country, New England, USA) |
2,988 ac-ft | (Also known as Quaddick Reservoir) Northeast Connecticut is home to Quaddick Lake. This reservoir in Connecticut’s Mystic Country was created by damming the flow of Five Mile River to d… |
