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Lakes Near Stamford, Connecticut

166 counted Connecticut lakes sit within 60 miles of Stamford - 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	31 mi	5,127.26 acres	-
Lake Lillinonah	Litchfield	32 mi	1,531.02 acres	-
Lake Gaillard	New Haven	45 mi	1,090.97 acres	-
Bantam Lake	Litchfield	48 mi	953.89 acres	-
Saugatuck Reservoir	Fairfield	17 mi	823.11 acres	-
Lake Zoar	Fairfield	30 mi	747.66 acres	-
Lake Waramaug	Litchfield	45 mi	652.41 acres	-
Easton Reservoir	Fairfield	20 mi	485.07 acres	-
Hemlock Reservoir	Fairfield	17 mi	419.34 acres	-
Lake Saltonstall	New Haven	40 mi	413.41 acres	-
Woodridge Lake	Litchfield	54 mi	378.07 acres	-
Upper Shepaug Reservoir	Litchfield	50 mi	335.34 acres	-
Broad Brook Reservoir	New Haven	47 mi	303.69 acres	-
Trap Falls Reservoir	Fairfield	25 mi	300.85 acres	-
Lake Quassapaug	New Haven	39 mi	289.86 acres	-
Squantz Pond	Fairfield	32 mi	271.15 acres	-
Margerie Lake Reservoir	Fairfield	28 mi	260.61 acres	-
Laurel Reservoir	Fairfield	8 mi	258.47 acres	-
Lake Hammonasset	Middlesex	53 mi	243.42 acres	-
West Lake Reservoir	Fairfield	25 mi	243.19 acres	-
Mudge Pond	Litchfield	59 mi	213.61 acres	-
Tyler Lake	Litchfield	56 mi	205.5 acres	-
Mianus Reservoir	Fairfield	7 mi	200.9 acres	-
Shuttle Meadow Reservoir	Hartford	55 mi	200.42 acres	-
Indian Lake	Litchfield	60 mi	194.3 acres	-
Holly Pond	Fairfield	2 mi	192.78 acres	-
Old Marsh Pond	Hartford	53 mi	188.9 acres	-
Ulbrich Reservoir	New Haven	50 mi	157.49 acres	-
South Norwalk Reservoir	Fairfield	10 mi	154.94 acres	-
Batterson Park Pond	Hartford	60 mi	149.74 acres	-
Morris Reservoir	Litchfield	48 mi	140.78 acres	-
Silver Lake	Hartford	54 mi	140.6 acres	-
Lake Whitney	New Haven	38 mi	140.36 acres	-
Pistapaug Pond	Middlesex	49 mi	136.4 acres	-
Cedar Swamp Pond	Hartford	50 mi	136.35 acres	-
North Spectacle Pond	Litchfield	47 mi	127.29 acres	-
Taunton Pond	Fairfield	27 mi	126.69 acres	-
Reuben Hart Reservoir	Litchfield	60 mi	125.5 acres	-
Scovill Reservoir	New Haven	47 mi	118.36 acres	-
Lake Winnemaug	Litchfield	42 mi	112.79 acres	-
Beseck Lake	Middlesex	53 mi	111.6 acres	-
Pitch Reservoir	Litchfield	49 mi	107.81 acres	-
Lake Watrous	New Haven	38 mi	107.49 acres	-
Long Meadow Pond	Litchfield	45 mi	105.28 acres	-
North Stamford Reservoir	Fairfield	5 mi	103.54 acres	-
Wassel Reservoir	Hartford	54 mi	103.33 acres	-
Lake Bethany	New Haven	39 mi	101.14 acres	-
Converse Lake	Fairfield	8 mi	99.83 acres	-
Wigwam Reservoir	Litchfield	47 mi	97.51 acres	-
Lake Chamberlain	New Haven	37 mi	97.11 acres	-
Gulf Pond	Fairfield	28 mi	96.87 acres	-
Quonnipaug Lake	New Haven	49 mi	96.12 acres	-
Putnam Lake	Fairfield	6 mi	95.63 acres	-
New Naugatuck Reservoir	New Haven	41 mi	95.45 acres	-
Stillwater Pond	Litchfield	58 mi	93.01 acres	-
Shepaug Reservoir	Litchfield	49 mi	91.83 acres	-
Mamanasco Lake	Fairfield	18 mi	91.59 acres	-
Mount Higby Reservoir	Middlesex	54 mi	88.26 acres	-
South Spectacle Pond	Litchfield	46 mi	85.92 acres	-
Ball Pond	Fairfield	28 mi	82.94 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 166 counted lakes within 60 miles of Stamford.

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