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Den Hill · 228 m · 3.4 km N
Lake · Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

159 m522 ft
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
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Lake

Quabbin Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
239.4 km
3D map

Quabbin Reservoir 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

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Quabbin Reservoir elevation profile

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Weather

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

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

    6.3 km WSW · +2 more within 6.1 km

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking5.7 km ENE
Parking6.1 km SSW
Fishing Area 1 ParkingParking6.3 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
259 m low point 113 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.3%Water 20.2%Grassland 3.9%Cropland 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Quabbin Reservoir.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Mount Pomeroy261 m 2.3 km NW
  2. 2Mount Lizzie256 m 2.3 km SSW
  3. 3Webb Hill324 m 2.6 km SE
  4. 4Bear Hill301 m 4.0 km S
  5. 5Little Quabbin266 m 4.3 km SW
  6. 6Mount Ram250 m 5.8 km SW
  7. 7Pottapaug Hill270 m 6.0 km NNE
  8. 8Mount Pleasant335 m 7.0 km NW
  9. 9Prescott Hill336 m 7.4 km NW
Wildlife

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 it sits

Where Quabbin Reservoir sits

Region
Massachusetts16United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Quabbin Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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