Quabbin Reservoir
- Area
- 96 km²
- Max depth
- 46 m
- Tonight
- 26°FFair · Wind 2 mph NW
Quabbin Reservoir is a lake at 159 m above sea level in Massachusetts, United States, 96 km² in area and 27.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 159 m
- Length
- 27.4 km
- Shoreline
- 239.4 km
Quabbin Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 239.4 km
Quabbin Reservoir 3D map
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Quabbin Reservoir terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Quabbin Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Quabbin Reservoir weather
Tonight · Fair · 26°F (-3°C) · Wind 2 mph NW
Quabbin Reservoir forecast for about 176 m.
- Tonight26°–2 mph NW
- Sat27°59°–1–5 mph W
- Sun32°64°–3 mph W
- Mon43°65°–5 mph W
- Tue36°56°1%5–10 mph N
- Wed43°55°4%3 mph SE
- Thu49°61°8%5–12 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:45 UTC.
Camping & parking near Quabbin Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Quabbin Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Fishing Area 1 Parking
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 5.7 km ENE |
| Parking | 6.1 km SSW |
| Fishing Area 1 ParkingParking | 6.3 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 259 m low point 113 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Quabbin Reservoir.
Summit list 9
- 1Mount Pomeroy261 m 2.3 km NW
- 2Mount Lizzie256 m 2.3 km SSW
- 3Webb Hill324 m 2.6 km SE
- 4Bear Hill301 m 4.0 km S
- 5Little Quabbin266 m 4.3 km SW
- 6Mount Ram250 m 5.8 km SW
- 7Pottapaug Hill270 m 6.0 km NNE
- 8Mount Pleasant335 m 7.0 km NW
- 9Prescott Hill336 m 7.4 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 3,692 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow birch3,250
- White oak2,394
- Red trillium2,129
- Bear oak1,361
- New Jersey tea1,287
- American hophornbeam1,227
Where Quabbin Reservoir sits
- Region
- Massachusetts16United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Quaboag PondLake↑26 km SE
Mount WachusettPeak · 611 m↑36 km ENE
Lake Chaubunagungamaug145 m↑51 km SE
Mount MonadnockPeak · 965 m↑58 km NNE
Spofford Lake↑63 km NNW
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Quabbin Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-04)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia