Lake Monomonac

Lake Monomonac
Lake Monomonac
Location Cheshire County, New Hampshire / Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates 42°43′3″N 71°59′43″W / 42.7175°N 71.99528°W / 42.7175; -71.99528Coordinates: 42°43′3″N 71°59′43″W / 42.7175°N 71.99528°W / 42.7175; -71.99528
Primary inflows North Branch Millers River
Primary outflows North Branch Millers River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Max. width 0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Surface area 594 acres (2.4 km2)
Surface elevation 318.5 meters
Islands Blueberry Island; Paradise Island
Settlements Rindge, New Hampshire; Winchendon, Massachusetts

Lake Monomonac is an artificial lake that straddles the border between Rindge, New Hampshire and Winchendon, Massachusetts. It was created from a small pond in New Hampshire by the construction of dams on the North Branch of the Millers River, a part of the Connecticut River watershed.

Lake Monomonac is 594 acres (240 ha) in size with 410 acres (170 ha) in New Hampshire and the remaining 184 acres (74 ha) in Massachusetts.[1] The lake has a maximum recorded depth of twenty-five feet and an average depth of ten feet.

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