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Lakes Near Hartford, Connecticut

355 counted Connecticut lakes sit within 60 miles of Hartford - the largest is Lake Candlewood at 5,127.26 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Candlewood	Fairfield	44 mi	5,127.26 acres	-
Barkhamsted Reservoir	Litchfield	20 mi	2,231.71 acres	-
Lake Lillinonah	Litchfield	40 mi	1,531.02 acres	-
Lake Gaillard	New Haven	29 mi	1,090.97 acres	-
Bantam Lake	Litchfield	29 mi	953.89 acres	-
Colebrook River Lake	Litchfield	26 mi	844.7 acres	-
Nepaug Reservoir	Hartford	14 mi	827.35 acres	-
Saugatuck Reservoir	Fairfield	50 mi	823.11 acres	-
Pachaug Pond	New London	42 mi	817.46 acres	-
Lake Zoar	Fairfield	37 mi	747.66 acres	-
Lake Waramaug	Litchfield	36 mi	652.41 acres	-
Washining Lake	Litchfield	41 mi	565.38 acres	-
Shenipsit Lake	Tolland	15 mi	529.48 acres	-
Gardner Lake	New London	29 mi	526.78 acres	-
Pocotopaug Lake	Middlesex	15 mi	511.28 acres	-
Mansfield Hollow Lake	Tolland	26 mi	488.79 acres	-
Easton Reservoir	Fairfield	46 mi	485.07 acres	-
Moodus Reservoir	Middlesex	23 mi	460.46 acres	-
Highland Lake	Litchfield	24 mi	448.25 acres	-
Hemlock Reservoir	Fairfield	50 mi	419.34 acres	-
Lake Saltonstall	New Haven	34 mi	413.41 acres	-
Lake Mc Donough	Litchfield	17 mi	385.73 acres	-
Woodridge Lake	Litchfield	30 mi	378.07 acres	-
Wangumbaug Lake	Tolland	18 mi	374.36 acres	-
Wononskopomuc Lake	Litchfield	42 mi	348.17 acres	-
Upper Shepaug Reservoir	Litchfield	33 mi	335.34 acres	-
Aspinook Pond	New London	37 mi	308.88 acres	-
Broad Brook Reservoir	New Haven	20 mi	303.69 acres	-
Trap Falls Reservoir	Fairfield	42 mi	300.85 acres	-
Mashapaug Pond	Tolland	33 mi	298 acres	-
Lake Quassapaug	New Haven	29 mi	289.86 acres	-
Washinee Lake	Litchfield	41 mi	287.99 acres	-
Lake Konomoc	New London	35 mi	283.53 acres	-
Rogers Lake	New London	34 mi	279.38 acres	-
Middle Pond	Hartford	19 mi	278.8 acres	-
Columbia Lake	Tolland	18 mi	271.81 acres	-
Squantz Pond	Fairfield	45 mi	271.15 acres	-
Williams Pond	New London	21 mi	270.09 acres	-
Margerie Lake Reservoir	Fairfield	47 mi	260.61 acres	-
Bashan Lake	Middlesex	23 mi	256.9 acres	-
Lake Winchester	Litchfield	27 mi	247.51 acres	-
West Hill Pond	Litchfield	20 mi	245.62 acres	-
Lake Hammonasset	Middlesex	27 mi	243.42 acres	-
West Lake Reservoir	Fairfield	50 mi	243.19 acres	-
Deep River Reservoir	New London	27 mi	235.54 acres	-
Groton Reservoir	New London	43 mi	214.36 acres	-
Mudge Pond	Litchfield	42 mi	213.61 acres	-
Tyler Lake	Litchfield	31 mi	205.5 acres	-
West Branch Reservoir	Litchfield	24 mi	200.76 acres	-
Shuttle Meadow Reservoir	Hartford	12 mi	200.42 acres	-
West Thompson Lake	Windham	42 mi	200.37 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Tolland	19 mi	199.38 acres	-
Alexander Lake	Windham	40 mi	196.55 acres	-
Indian Lake	Litchfield	44 mi	194.3 acres	-
North Pond	Litchfield	30 mi	192.02 acres	-
Amston Lake	New London	20 mi	189.41 acres	-
Old Marsh Pond	Hartford	17 mi	188.9 acres	-
Lake Hayward	New London	25 mi	178.44 acres	-
Bolton Lake	Tolland	13 mi	178.16 acres	-
Wangum Lake	Litchfield	34 mi	177.92 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 355 counted lakes within 60 miles of Hartford.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.