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Second Connecticut Lake, known in the past as Lake Carmel, [4] is a 1,102-acre (446 ha) [2] water body in the town of Pittsburg, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the village center. [5] The second lake is 228 feet (69 m) higher in elevation than the first lake, and shallower. Fish species include brook trout, landlocked salmon, and lake trout. [6]
Lake Lillinonah / ˌ l ɪ l ɪ ˈ n oʊ n ə / is a manmade lake located in Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties of Western Connecticut, approximately 60 miles (97 km) northeast of New York City. [3] It is the second largest lake in Connecticut, smaller only than Candlewood Lake. [3]
The fairly shallow average depth of 78 feet (24 m) of today's Long Island Sound is the result of fine lake-bottom sediments deposited as glacial outwash slowed in Lake Connecticut. Suspended as rock flour , the fine sediments would have rendered Lake Connecticut a turquoise blue-green.
Wangumbaug Lake, also known as Coventry Lake, is a natural lake located in Coventry, Connecticut. It covers 378 acres (1.53 km 2) and is about 35 feet (11 m) deep and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long with a circumference of 5 miles (8.0 km). [1] Its watershed is 1,992 acres (8.06 km 2), around 40% of which is residential and the rest farms and forest ...
Lake Francis and Murphy Dam are named after Francis P. Murphy, [4] who served as the Governor of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941. The lake covers nearly 2,000 acres (8 km 2 ), has a capacity of 131,375 acre-feet (162,049,000 m 3 ), [ 1 ] and has average and maximum depths of 40 feet (12 m) and 82 feet (25 m), respectively.
Lake Waubeeka is located at Moses Mountain, directly southeast of Wooster Mountain State Park along Ives Trail, north of the town of Redding and northeast of Ridgefield. [8] The lake itself occupies 36 acres (15 ha) and has a maximum depth of 21 feet (6.4 m). The shoreline is almost completely developed, with the exception of two small beaches. [9]
Mashapaug Lake is a 297-acre (1.20 km 2) lake surrounded by Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest in the town of Union in northeastern Connecticut. The lake has a maximum depth of 39.5 feet (12.0 meters), and an average depth of 15 feet (4.6 meters). Its normal surface elevation is 706 feet (215 m).
The centerpiece for this area is the scenic Pattaconk Lake which is used for swimming, fishing, and paddling. Even though the CT DEEP has maps detailing only 20 miles (32 km) of trails, there are over 100 miles (160 km) of trails within the greater Cockaponset State Forest.