Largest lakes & reservoirs in Massachusetts by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > New England > Massachusetts > - 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 19 articles we have published for Massachusetts 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Quabbin Reservoir (Massachusetts, New England, USA, Western) |
1,264,380 ac-ft | One of the country’s largest man-made public water supplies, Quabbin Reservoir dominates the landscape in Western Massachusetts. Supplying much of the… |
| Lake Quinsigamond (Central, Massachusetts, New England, USA) |
52,327 ac-ft | Worcester, Massachusetts is well known for many things: John Adams taught school here before becoming the second President of the United States. Songw… |
| 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… |
| Otis Reservoir (Massachusetts, New England, USA, Western) |
17,188 ac-ft | (Also known as Otis Lake) She sits by herself on the dock at Otis Reservoir; the coffee steaming in her mug mirrors the mist coming off the water of the lake. Her husband left… |
| Lake Cochichewick (Massachusetts, New England, Northeastern & Merrimack Valley, USA) |
13,196 ac-ft | (Also known as The Great Pond) One of the earliest of Massachusetts’ iconic Great Ponds, beautiful Lake Cochichewick anchors the Town of North Andover to both its past and its futur… |
| Lake Monomonac (Central, Massachusetts, Monadnock, New England, New Hampshire, USA) |
12,844 ac-ft | The wind fills the sails, pushing the sailboats across Lake Monomonac. A bewitching combination of pristine white sail cloth and billowing bright colo… |
| Ashmere Lake (Massachusetts, New England, USA, Western) |
2,076 ac-ft | Ashmere Lake is a small, quiet lake tucked away in western Massachusetts. The 217-acre lake is surrounded by beautiful rural countryside in the towns… |
| Crystal Lake Boston (Greater Boston, Massachusetts, New England, USA) |
436 ac-ft | (Also known as Wiswall Pond, Silver Lake, Baptist Pond) Crystal Lake has a long history of being the ‘town lake’ in Newton, Massachusetts. Located in the Greater Boston area, this small natural lake is one… |
