Lakes, Sixty Largest

The largest lakes in Maine, those over ten acres in area, are defined as “great ponds.”  The following are details about the sixty largest.

In the table below “drain” refers to the total drainage that leads water to the lake. “Major Drainage” refers to the river or stream contributing directly into the lake.  Secondary drainage includes other smaller water sources (not noted here). “Dam” refers to the number of dams on the lake. County names are abbreviated to the first three letters. In addition to the largest lakes, links to all the lakes are found at the end of this chart.

Lake Name	Area (acres)	Peri- meter (miles)	Depth Mean (feet)	Depth Max (feet)	Drain sq miles	Dam	Eleva- tion (feet)	Major Drainage	County
Moosehead Lake	75,471	280.8	55	246	1268	3	1029	Kennebec	PIS
Sebago Lake1	29,992	98.2	107	316	440	3	267	Presumpscot	CUM
Chesuncook Lake: Moose Pond2	25,183	22.5	40	150	1420	3	942	Penobscot	PIS
Ambajejus (Elbow, North & South Twin, Pemadumcook Chain) Lake	18,670	17.4	28	101	1881	3	492	Penobscot	PEN
Flagstaff Lake3	17,380	147.2	18	50	516	2	1146	Kennebec	SOM
Spednik Lake	17,219	105.9	20	54	413	2	380	St. Croix	WAS
Mooselookme- guntic (Cupsuptic) Lake4	16,359	57.5	60	132	389	3	1467	Androscoggin	OXF
East Grand Lake	15,917	78.8	28	128	137	3	434	St. Croix	ARO
West Grand Lake (Pug Lake, Junior Bay)24	14,467	49	37	128	226	3	298	St. Croix	PEN
Chamberlain Lake5	10,932	52.2	33	154	204	3	943	Penobscot	PIS
Big Lake25	10,444	70.2	12	70	460	1	202	St. Croix	WAS
Big Eagle Lake	9,542	67.7	34	124	170	1	930	St. John	PIS
Brassua Lake	9,454	74	30	65	716	3	1074	Kennebec	SOM
Graham Lake	9,383	89.8	17	47	499	2	106	Union	HAN
Millinocket Lake	8,571	64.7	24	86	123	3	478	Penobscot	PEN
Great Pond6	8,533	46.1	21	69	82.9	3	248	Kennebec	KEN
Square Lake	8,090	20.6	36	122	255	1	577	St. John	ARO
Umbagog Lake	7,768	8.4	14	48	600	3	1245	Androscoggin	OXF
Richardson Lakes7	7,751	54.2	44	108	479	3	1448	Androscoggin	OXF
Schoodic Lake	7,021	32.5	79	188	34.6	3	430	Penobscot	PIS
Seboomook Lake8	6,880	69.4	17	48	525	2	1073	Penobscot	SOM
Aziscohos Lake9	6,872	63	31	60	214	2	1517	Androscoggin	OXF
Long Lake10	6,849	35.7	48	163	88.6	1	581	St. John	ARO
Baskahegan Lake	6,815	41.3		22	123	1	417	Penobscot	WAS
Meddybemps Lake11	6,719	46.1	14	58	44.7	3	173	Coastal	WAS
Sebec Lake	6,362	52.1	42	155	326	3	323	Penobscot	PIS
Rangeley (Oquossoc) Lake12	6,302	32.7	60	149	100	3	1518	Androscoggin	FRA
Grand Falls (Berry Brook) Flowage	6,099	6.6		44	1315	2	202	St. Croix	WAS
Eagle Lake	5,601	35	44	136	762	1	574	St. John	ARO
Cobbossee- contee Lake	5,516	61.8	37	100	131	3	166	Kennebec	KEN
Sysladobsis Lake	5,430	1.3	25	66	62.9	3	304	St. Croix	PEN
Long Lake13	5,295	38.1	23	59	114	1	268	Presumpscot	CUM
Nicatous Lake	5,212	58.4	16	56	71.6	3	351	Penobscot	HAN
Squapan Lake	4,986	1	21	58	65.8	2	601	St. John	ARO
Seboeis Lake	4,913	62.3		90	58.8	3	438	Penobscot	PIS
First Matagamon Lakes14	4,868	61.3	23	95	4.93	3	654	Penobscot	PEN
Damariscotta Lake15	4,686	1.8	30	114	56.8	3	54	Coastal	LIN
Pushaw Lake	4,680	32	11	28	113	3	116	Penobscot	PEN
Caucomgomoc Lake	4,594	26.5	22	79	179	3	998	Penobscot	PIS
Sebasticook Lake16	4,537	27.8	20	50	126	3	200	Kennebec	PEN
Thompson Lake (The Heath)	4,419	32.2	35	121	47.4	3	325	Androscoggin	CUM
Allagash Lake	4,210	23.8	35	89	80.7	1	1038	Penobscot	PIS
Androscoggin Lake17	4,020	27	15	38	83	3	269	Androscoggin	KEN
Junior Lake	4,000	28.8	21	70	81.3	2	298	St. Croix	PEN
China Lake18	3,939	30.4	28	85	31.8	3	196	Kennebec	KEN
Moose Pond	3,856	32.1	18	50		3	245	Kennebec	SOM
Gardner Lake	3,720	25.6	40	56	50.6	3	67	MACHIAS	WAS
Churchill (Heron) Lake19	3,706	25	20	62	298	3	930	St. John	PIS
Messalonskee Lake20	3,691	30	33	113	177	3	234	Kennebec	KEN
Cold Stream Pond	3,619	21	40	104	28.5	3	190	Penobscot	PEN
Indian Pond	3,455	49.2	21	118	1384	2	955	Kennebec	SOM
Lobster Lake21	3,380	29	30	106	58.6	1	964	Penobscot	PIS
Mattawamkeag Lake22	3,323	22.1	17	47	313	3	430	Penobscot	ARO
First Roach Pond26	3,320	3.5	61	123	70.2	3	1227	Kennebec	PIS
Cathance Lake27	3,227	30.5	24	75	21.4	3	214	Coastal	WAS
Green Lake28	3,132	27.8	44	170	59.2	3	160	Union	HAN
Long Pond29	2,951	24.1	9	44	558	1	1158	Kennebec	SOM
Branch Lake	2,942	26.5	39	124	30.1	3	238	Union	HAN
Ross  Lake (Chemqua- sabamtic)	2,925	13	35	105	58.9	1	1201	St. John	PIS
Attean Pond23	2,880	30.1	15	54		1	1160	Kennebec	SOM

 

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Source: Vaux, P. (compiler). Maine Lakes: Geographic & Morphometric. Augusta, Me. Maine Dept. Environmental Protection, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Maine Office of GIS. 2010. (Accessed September 9, 2012.)

¹ Sebago Lake images at Casco, Raymond, and Sebago.

²  Chesuncook image at Chesuncook.

³ Flagstaff Lake images at Carrabassett Valley (in video), Dead River and Flagstaff Lake, Dead River Township, Somerset County Nature Preserves, and Wyman Township.

⁴ Mooselookmeguntic Lake image at Oxford County Nature Preserves.

⁵ Chamberlain Lake image at Piscataquis County Nature Preserves.

⁶ Great Pond (images pending)

⁷ Richardson Lake image at Township C.

⁸ Seboomook Lake images at Seboomook.

⁹ Aziscohos Lake dam image at Lincoln Plantation.

¹⁰ Long Lake image at St. Agatha.

¹¹ Meddybemps Lake image at Meddybemps.

¹² Rangeley Lake at Rangeley.

¹³ Long Lake image at Harrison.

¹⁴ First (Grand) Lake Matagamon at T6R8 WELS

¹⁵ Damariscotta Lake images at Jefferson, Newcastle, and Nobleboro.

¹⁶ Sebasticook Lake image at Newport.

¹⁷ Androscoggin Lake images at Leeds.

¹⁸ China Lake at China.

¹⁹ Churchill Lake image at Helen Hamlin.

²⁰ Messalonskee Lake image at Belgrade.

²¹ Lobster Lake images at Lobster Township.

²² Mattawamkeag Lake images at Island Falls.

²³ Attean Pond images at Canoe Trips (including video), and Jackman.

²⁴ West Grand Lake images at Grand Lake Stream.

²⁵ Big Lake images at Indian Township

²⁶ First Roach Pond image at Frenchtown Township.

²⁷ Cathance Lake image at Cooper.

²⁸ Green Lake image at Dedham.

²⁹ Long Pond image at Belgrade and map at Rome.