Lakes & Ponds

Amherst Lake is the uppermost of the Black River chain of lakes along Route 100 in Plymouth, a deep, narrow lake stocked with trophy rainbow trout and holding brown trout in cold, clear water.

Caspian Lake in Greensboro is one of Vermont's most pristine lakes, a 789-acre spring-fed basin with self-sustaining populations of lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and rainbow smelt. Clear water, a classic village setting, and wild fish make Caspian a Northeast Kingdom gem.

Chittenden Reservoir spreads 750 acres beneath the Green Mountain ridgelines east of Rutland, a scenic mountain impoundment holding brook trout, brown trout, and strong smallmouth bass. Mountain views, a quiet launch, and dawn mist make it central Vermont's prettiest stillwater commute.

Colton Pond is a 27-acre roadside pond just north of Kent Pond in Killington, stocked with trophy two-year-old brook trout and fishable from shore, canoe, or float tube.

Crystal Lake at Barton lives up to its name: 763 acres of deep, transparent coldwater framed by granite ledges, holding wild lake trout, rainbows, and landlocked salmon. Crystal Lake State Park and easy village access make it the most approachable of the Kingdom's deep lakes.

Echo Lake in Charleston is a deep, cold, oligotrophic lake in the Clyde River system, holding wild lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon, and rainbow trout in water that drops to 121 feet.

Echo Lake in Plymouth is the middle lake of the Black River chain, bordered by Camp Plymouth State Park on the site of an 1800s gold rush settlement and stocked with trophy rainbow trout.

Great Averill Lake lies in Vermont's far northeastern corner, an 828-acre wilderness lake a few miles from the Canadian border. Lake trout, rainbows, and landlocked salmon cruise its cold, clear water beneath an undeveloped shoreline patrolled by loons and peregrines — the Kingdom at its wildest.

Green River Reservoir in Hyde Park is Vermont's flagship quiet-water experience: a 653-acre paddle-in state park where electric motors are the legal maximum and loons outnumber anglers. Smallmouth bass along its rocky, island-studded shorelines make it the state's finest wilderness bass paddle.

Harriman Reservoir (Lake Whitingham) is the largest lake entirely within Vermont, a 2,040-acre impoundment of the Deerfield River in the southern Green Mountains. Trophy-stocked brook trout, brown trout, and outstanding smallmouth bass make it southern Vermont's premier stillwater.

Harvey's Lake in Barnet is a deep, spring-fed lake famous as the boyhood diving water of Jacques Cousteau, stocked with trophy rainbow trout and holding lake trout over a 140-foot basin.

Holland Pond is a 334-acre trophy trout water tucked against the Canadian border in Holland, stocked with two-year-old rainbow trout and holding wild brook trout around its boulder-strewn shorelines.

Island Pond is a 600-acre lake with a namesake 22-acre island in the historic railroad town of Brighton, offering rainbow trout, brook trout, and strong smallmouth bass fishing.

Joe's Pond in Danville is a three-basin, 396-acre pond famous for its Ice-Out Contest, stocked with trophy rainbow trout and holding brook and brown trout over water up to 90 feet deep.

Kent Pond in Killington is a 99-acre trophy trout reservoir at the headwaters of the Ottauquechee River, bordered by Gifford Woods State Park with the Appalachian Trail passing along its shore.

Kettle Pond is a carry-in-only trophy trout pond in Groton State Forest, its undeveloped 103-acre basin ringed by remote lean-to campsites and stocked with two-year-old rainbow trout.

Lake Dunmore is a 985-acre two-story fishery beneath the Moosalamoo highlands in Addison County, pairing lake trout and landlocked salmon in its depths with rainbow trout and smallmouth bass along its shores. Branbury State Park makes it one of Vermont's most accessible quality lakes.

Lake Groton is the 422-acre recreational hub of Groton State Forest, flanked by Stillwater and Boulder Beach state parks and offering brook trout, rainbow trout, and reliable smallmouth bass fishing.

Lake Memphremagog is a 31-mile international lake whose southern end anchors Newport, Vermont. Landlocked salmon, brown trout, rainbows, and smallmouth bass thrive on its smelt-rich waters, and the mouths of the Clyde, Barton, and Black rivers give fly anglers world-class seasonal opportunities.

Lake Rescue in Ludlow is the lowest and largest lake of the Black River chain, one of Vermont's ten deepest lakes at about 93 feet, stocked with trophy rainbow trout alongside wild brown trout.

Lake Willoughby is Vermont's deepest lake and its most dramatic, a glacial fjord pinched between the sheer cliffs of Mount Pisgah and Mount Hor. Its cold, smelt-rich depths have produced state-record lake trout and support salmon, rainbows, and browns, making Willoughby the flagship stillwater of the Northeast Kingdom.

Little Averill Lake is a deep, cold, undeveloped lake in Vermont's far Northeast Kingdom, holding wild lake trout and rainbow trout in remarkably clear water just below the Canadian border.

Long Pond in Westmore is a small but startlingly deep trophy brook trout pond near Lake Willoughby, dropping to 74 feet beneath Bald Mountain with a backcountry feel and a simple gravel access.

Maidstone Lake is the remote jewel of Essex County, a 745-acre glacial lake ringed by forest and centered on Maidstone State Park. Loons call across water that holds lake trout, wild landlocked salmon, and brook trout, making it one of Vermont's wildest coldwater lake fisheries.

May Pond is a quiet 82-acre brook trout pond near Barton managed under the trophy trout program, with gas motors prohibited and a wild, wetland-ringed shoreline alive with loons and otters.

Miller Pond is a quiet 64-acre pond near Strafford with an undeveloped, forested shoreline, stocked with trophy two-year-old rainbow and brook trout under Vermont's trophy trout program.

Newark Pond is a high, clear 156-acre pond in Newark stocked with trophy two-year-old rainbow trout, with wild brook trout and a classic Northeast Kingdom pond setting at over 1,800 feet.

Norton Pond is a large, shallow Northeast Kingdom pond on the Canadian border offering brook trout around cold tributary mouths and excellent smallmouth bass fishing over rocky structure.

Noyes Pond at Seyon Lodge State Park is Vermont's only public fly-fishing-only water: 39 acres of wild brook trout pond fished exclusively from rented rowboats. It is a living museum of traditional New England pond fishing — no motors, no wading, no spin gear, just brook trout and oars.

Osmore Pond is a 51-acre hike-in brook trout pond in Groton State Forest near the New Discovery campground, stocked with trophy two-year-old brookies and ringed by a shoreline hiking loop.

Ricker Pond is an 85-acre brook trout pond at the south end of Groton State Forest, paired with the forest's oldest state campground and offering clear water over a hard sand-and-boulder bottom.

Seymour Lake in Morgan is one of the Northeast Kingdom's premier coldwater lakes, 1,732 acres of clear, deep water famous for its ice-out landlocked salmon and lake trout fishing. Smelt streamers stripped along its shorelines in late April are a Vermont rite of spring.

Silver Lake is an 84-acre village lake in Barnard fronted by Silver Lake State Park, offering stocked rainbow and brook trout in spring and fall alongside a lively warmwater fishery.

Woodward Reservoir is a scenic, largely undeveloped 106-acre reservoir on Route 100 in Plymouth, stocked with rainbow and brook trout over a basin that drops to about 50 feet.