Lakes / Vermont / Bennington County

Lakes in Bennington County, Vermont

28 lakes counted in Bennington County - the largest is Gale Meadows Pond at 195.4 acres.

Lakes Counted

195.4 acres

Largest - Gale Meadows Pond

40 ft

Deepest - Emerald Lake

Bennington County, highlighted, with its largest counted lakes dotted. Outlines from Census boundary data.

All Counted Lakes

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Gale Meadows Pond	Bennington	195.4 acres	20 ft
2	Lye Brook Meadows	Bennington	99.3 acres	None
3	Bourn Pond	Bennington	56.7 acres	27 ft
4	Lake Hancock	Bennington	55.9 acres	12 ft
5	Howe Pond	Bennington	53.3 acres	33 ft
6	Branch Pond	Bennington	44.1 acres	35 ft
7	Lake Paran	Bennington	35.1 acres	23 ft
8	Big Pond	Bennington	33.7 acres	28 ft
9	Adams Reservoir	Bennington	33.6 acres	15 ft
10	Thompsons Pond	Bennington	32.1 acres	8 ft
11	Emerald Lake	Bennington	31.4 acres	40 ft
12	Lye Brook Meadows	Bennington	31.4 acres	None
13	Lake Madeleine	Bennington	26.7 acres	27 ft
14	South Stream Pond	Bennington	25.2 acres	2 ft
15	Lake Shaftsbury	Bennington	23.7 acres	7 ft
16	Little Pond	Bennington	22 acres	8 ft
17	Barber Pond	Bennington	20.9 acres	20 ft
18	Little Mud Pond	Bennington	19.2 acres	2 ft
19	Little Pond	Bennington	17.1 acres	2 ft
20	Unnamed Pond referred to by DEC as Stratton Ski Area	Bennington	16.9 acres	13 ft
21	Griffith Lake	Bennington	15.6 acres	14 ft
22	Searsburg Reservoir	Bennington	15.5 acres	14 ft
23	Stamford Pond	Bennington	10.6 acres	14 ft
24	Beebe Pond	Bennington	10.3 acres	19 ft
25	Equinox Pond	Bennington	8.9 acres	7 ft
26	Dufresne Pond	Bennington	8.9 acres	10 ft
27	Mud Pond	Bennington	6.5 acres	3 ft
28	Lost Pond	Bennington	2.5 acres	8 ft

Sources: Vermont DEC lake data; USGS. Verified October 28, 2026.