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List of lakes of Rhode Island

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This is a list of lakes and ponds in Rhode Island, United States. The state contains hundreds of bodies of water, totaling to 20,749 acres (8,397 ha) of freshwater. The 237 largest lakes and ponds make up 91% of all inland freshwater area in the state. Most lakes in Rhode Island are manmade, only 25% are natural, five of these are greater than 100 acres (40 ha) in area.[1] There are an additional nine large saltwater coastal lagoons along the south coast of Rhode Island. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

Denotes saltwater pond (coastal lagoon)
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Lakes of Rhode Island
Name County Coordinates Area (acres)
Aldersgate Lake Providence 41°57′42″N 71°39′46″W
Allendale Mill Pond Providence 41°51′10″N 71°29′00″W 13[2]
Almy Pond Newport 41°27′41″N 71°18′43″W 50[3]
Almy Reservoir Providence 41°48′55″N 71°31′10″W 56[2]
Alton Pond Washington 41°26′27″N 71°43′12″W 53[2]
Annaquatucket Mill Pond Washington 41°33′02″N 71°26′28″W 9[2]
Annaquatucket Reservoir Washington 41°33′13″N 71°26′48″W
Arnold Mills Reservoir Providence 41°58′52″N 71°23′24″W 255[2]
Arnold Pond Kent 41°39′56″N 71°44′51″W 73[2]
Asa Pond Washington 41°27′31″N 71°30′49″W 26[2]
Ashville Pond Washington 41°30′04″N 71°45′22″W 32[2]
Austin Farm Pond Washington 41°35′37″N 71°40′02″W
Bailey Pond Washington 41°30′37″N 71°38′59″W
Bailey Pond Kent 41°38′09″N 71°47′26″W
Barber Pond Washington 41°30′08″N 71°33′52″W 28[3]
Barden Reservoir Providence 41°47′31″N 71°40′26″W 240[2]
Barney Pond Providence 41°53′51″N 71°25′04″W 25[2]
Beach Pond Washington 41°34′32″N 71°47′25″W 459[4]
Bellefont Pond Providence 41°46′09″N 71°24′50″W
Belleville Pond Washington 41°33′35″N 71°28′23″W 108[2]
Betty Pond Providence 41°46′53″N 71°34′03″W 24[3]
Betty Pucky Pond Washington 41°10′55″N 71°35′03″W
Big Round Top Pond Providence 42°00′06″N 71°41′59″W
Black Rock Reservoir Kent 41°43′12″N 71°33′13″W 17[2]
Blackamore Pond Providence 41°46′27″N 71°26′47″W 20[5]
Blackstone Pond Providence 41°49′51″N 71°22′47″W
Blackstone River Reservoir Providence
Bleachery Pond Kent 41°39′09″N 71°27′37″W 6[2]
Bleachery Pond Providence 41°53′36″N 71°24′33″W
Blue Pond Washington 41°30′21″N 71°44′49″W 92[2]
Boat House Gully Newport 41°27′07″N 71°18′38″W
Boone Lake Washington 41°34′59″N 71°40′34″W 47[2]
Booth Pond Providence 41°58′55″N 71°30′18″W
Bowdish Reservoir Providence 41°55′25″N 71°46′55″W 126[2]
Branch River Pond Providence 41°57′36″N 71°38′28″W
Breakheart Pond Washington 41°35′55″N 71°42′05″W 48[2]
Brickyard Pond Bristol 41°44′03″N 71°19′09″W 84[6]
Briggs Marsh Pond Newport 41°28′40″N 71°09′58″W 187[3]
Briggs Pond Kent 41°43′03″N 71°46′00″W 11[3]
Browning Mill Pond Washington 41°33′27″N 71°41′34″W 46[2]
Buck Hill Pond Providence 41°59′24″N 71°47′16″W 90[2]
Bull Head Pond Washington 41°24′01″N 71°35′51″W 8[3]
Burlingame Pond Kent 41°43′36″N 71°34′16″W
Burlingame Reservoir Providence 41°54′51″N 71°44′32″W 69[2]
Butterfly Pond Providence 41°54′26″N 71°25′56″W
Canada Pond Providence 41°51′27″N 71°25′40″W 23[2]
Capron Pond Providence 41°54′22″N 71°31′20″W 10[2]
Capwell Millpond Kent 41°38′36″N 71°36′22″W 24[3]
Card Ponds Washington 41°22′32″N 71°33′58″W 41[3]
Carr Pond (Coventry) Kent 41°40′06″N 71°41′15″W 10[3]
Carr Pond (North Kingstown) Washington 41°31′26″N 71°27′04″W 55[3]
Carr Pond (West Greenwich) Kent 41°38′08″N 71°33′20″W 81[3]
Cedar Swamp Pond (Burrillville) Providence 41°57′51″N 71°47′01″W 8[3]
Cedar Swamp Pond (South Kingstown) Washington 41°24′19″N 71°32′28″W 10[3]
Chapman Pond Washington 41°22′50″N 71°47′36″W 163[7]
Clark Pond Providence 41°46′21″N 71°46′36″W 20[3]
Coomer Lake Providence 41°52′51″N 71°37′29″W 11[2]
Cranston Print Works Pond Providence 41°47′47″N 71°27′38″W 25[2]
Creamer Pond Newport 41°38′11″N 71°12′11″W 9[3]
Cross Mills Pond Washington 41°23′16″N 71°38′07″W 17[3]
Deep Pond (Charlestown) Washington 41°23′29″N 71°39′44″W 15[3]
Deep Pond (Exeter) Washington 41°33′37″N 71°45′43″W 17[3]
Diamond Hill Reservoir Providence 42°00′01″N 71°24′29″W 390[2]
Dyer Pond Providence 41°47′44″N 71°27′57″W 7[3]
Easton Pond Newport 41°29′29″N 71°17′31″W 147[2]
Echo Lake Bristol 41°44′07″N 71°20′04″W 24[3]
Edgewood Lake Providence 41°46′55″N 71°24′34″W
Eisenhower Lake Kent 41°37′16″N 71°42′56″W 56[2]
Elm Lake Providence 41°46′38″N 71°24′50″W 35[2]
Flat River Reservoir (Johnson's Pond) Kent 41°41′47″N 71°36′24″W 659[4]
Fresh Pond (New Shoreham) Washington 41°09′39″N 71°34′42″W 20[3]
Fresh Pond (South Kingstown) Washington 41°23′31″N 71°32′28″W 13[3]
Gardiner Pond Newport 41°29′29″N 71°15′14″W 102[2]
Gorton Pond Kent 41°42′19″N 71°27′30″W 62[2]
Great Grass Pond Kent 41°39′32″N 71°43′23″W 51[3]
Great Salt Pond ~ Block Island Washington 41°11′27″N 71°34′51″W 573[3]
Green End Pond Newport 41°29′58″N 71°17′22″W 110[2]
Green Hill Pond Washington 41°22′13″N 71°36′52″W 390[4]
Greystone Mill Pond Providence 41°52′00″N 71°29′34″W 13[2]
Harrisville Pond Providence 41°58′03″N 71°40′32″W 18[2]
Hazard Pond Kent 41°37′45″N 71°47′31″W 16[3]
Hothouse Pond Washington 41°24′36″N 71°32′33″W 12[3]
Hughesdale Pond Providence 41°48′29″N 71°30′12″W 5[2]
Hundred Acre Pond Washington 41°30′02″N 71°32′31″W 84[3]
Indian Lake Washington 41°28′47″N 71°28′10″W 200[2]
Jamestown Reservoir (North Carr Pond) Newport 41°31′52″N 71°22′23″W 26[2]
Keech Pond Providence 41°52′59″N 71°41′23″W 128[2]
Kickemuit Reservoir (Warren Reservoir) Bristol 41°44′14″N 71°15′46″W 42[3]
Kimball Reservoir Providence 41°50′13″N 71°33′48″W 28[2]
King Pond Providence 41°46′20″N 71°39′37″W 18[3]
King Tom Pond Washington 41°23′01″N 71°39′13″W 9[3]
Lake Bel Air Providence 41°57′18″N 71°35′01″W 7[3]
Lake Mishnock Kent 41°39′12″N 71°35′43″W 40[8]
Lake Washington Providence 41°54′58″N 71°45′41″W 41[8]
Larkin Pond Washington 41°28′12″N 71°33′29″W 42[3]
Lawton Valley Reservoir Newport 41°33′54″N 71°16′43″W 81[3]
Little Grass Pond Kent 41°39′52″N 71°44′17″W 8[3]
Little Pond (Sandy Pond) Kent 41°42′22″N 71°24′20″W 28[3]
Locustville Pond Washington 41°30′59″N 71°43′15″W 83[2]
Long Pond (Hopkinton) Washington 41°30′25″N 71°46′26″W 20[3]
Long Pond (Little Compton) Newport 41°27′56″N 71°10′44″W 41[3]
Long Pond (South Kingstown) Washington 41°24′38″N 71°33′13″W 39[3]
Lymansville Mill Pond Providence 41°50′25″N 71°28′40″W 25[2]
Maple Root Pond Kent 41°40′00″N 71°36′18″W 22[3]
Maple Lake Washington 41°26′34″N 71°37′18″W 14[3]
Maschaug Pond Washington 41°19′08″N 71°49′47″W 35[3]
Mashapaug Pond Providence 41°47′39″N 71°26′02″W 77[3]
Matteson Pond Kent 41°41′33″N 71°31′53″W 12[2]
Manton Mill Pond Providence 41°50′13″N 71°28′22″W 9[2]
Middle Pond Washington 41°12′58″N 71°34′28″W 16[3]
Middle Dam Pond Kent 41°42′06″N 71°33′13″W 8[2]
Millbrook Pond Washington 41°35′36″N 71°37′31″W 35[2]
Mill Pond (Bristol) Bristol 41°40′55″N 71°16′57″W 16[3]
Mill Pond (South Kingstown) Washington 41°23′36″N 71°34′23″W 8[3]
Miscoe Lake Providence 42°00′49″N 71°25′40″W 49[2]
Melville Ponds Newport 41°35′26″N 71°16′34″W 14[3]
Moswansicut Pond Providence 41°50′37″N 71°34′30″W 282[2]
Mountaindale Reservoir Providence 41°52′58″N 71°32′10″W 11[2]
Nag Pond Newport 41°37′42″N 71°19′12″W 19[3]
Nelson Pond Newport 41°29′37″N 71°15′45″W 30[2]
Nichols Pond Providence 41°57′12″N 71°36′04″W 24[2]
Ninigret Pond Washington 41°21′11″N 71°40′24″W 1,539[4]
Nonquit Pond Newport 41°33′47″N 71°11′46″W 196[3]
Oak Swamp Reservoir Providence 41°49′43″N 71°32′32″W 107[2]
Olney Pond Providence 41°53′29″N 71°25′53″W 133[2]
Pascoag Reservoir (Echo Lake) Providence 41°56′18″N 71°43′07″W 349[3]
Pasquiset Pond Washington 41°25′32″N 71°37′51″W 77[3]
Peckham Pond Washington 41°09′22″N 71°34′51″W 5[3]
Pine Swamp Reservoir Providence 41°49′06″N 71°34′15″W 37[3]
Point Judith Pond Washington 41°23′48″N 71°30′31″W 1,190[3]
Polo Lake Providence 41°47′13″N 71°24′55″W
Ponaganset Reservoir Providence 41°52′38″N 71°44′35″W 230[2]
Potter Pond Washington 41°23′22″N 71°31′56″W 321[3]
Prince Pond Bristol 41°44′37″N 71°19′08″W
Quicksand Pond Newport 41°30′20″N 71°07′49″W 392[3]
Quidnick Reservoir Kent 41°40′44″N 71°40′41″W 171[2]
Quonochontaug Pond Washington 41°20′25″N 71°43′35″W 747[3]
Rainbow Ponds Newport 41°32′49″N 71°22′06″W
Randall Pond Providence 41°47′19″N 71°28′08″W 34[3]
Reynolds Pond Kent 41°39′27″N 71°37′15″W 42[3]
Roosevelt Lake Providence 41°47′01″N 71°25′09″W
Round Pond (Burrillville) Providence 41°58′19″N 71°46′16″W 15[3]
Round Pond (Little Compton) Newport 41°27′47″N 71°11′14″W 34[3]
Sachem Pond Washington 41°13′19″N 71°34′12″W 80[3]
Saint Marys Pond Newport 41°33′17″N 71°16′13″W 117[2]
Sands Pond Washington 41°09′22″N 71°34′04″W 13[3]
Schoolhouse Pond Washington 41°24′10″N 71°40′01″W 96[3]
Scituate Reservoir Providence 41°45′39″N 71°35′41″W 3,392 (5.3 mi2)[2]
Silver Lake Washington 41°26′08″N 71°29′15″W 45[3]
Simmons Pond Newport 41°32′23″N 71°08′54″W 19[2]
Simmons Reservoirs Providence 41°47′49″N 71°31′08″W 109[3]
Sisson Pond Newport 41°33′07″N 71°16′38″W 90[2]
Slack Reservoir (Slacks Pond) Providence 41°51′42″N 71°33′08″W 150[4]
Smith and Sayles Reservoir Providence 41°53′41″N 71°40′36″W 173[2]
Sneech Pond Providence 41°58′54″N 71°27′11″W 99[3]
Spectacle Pond Providence 41°47′27″N 71°26′34″W 38[2]
Sprague Lower Reservoir
(Lake Wionkheige)		 Providence 41°53′17″N 71°33′04″W 30[2]
Sprague Pond Washington 41°26′00″N 71°28′17″W 6[3]
Sprague Upper Reservoir Providence 41°53′35″N 71°33′51″W 23[2]
Spring Lake Providence 41°58′59″N 71°39′59″W 82[2]
Stafford Pond Newport 41°35′26″N 71°16′34″W 480[3]
Stillwater Reservoir (Stump Pond) Providence 41°54′25″N 71°32′48″W 240[2]
Stump Pond Kent 41°41′35″N 71°38′35″W 171[2]
Tarbox Pond Kent 41°38′06″N 71°34′07″W 30[2]
Tarklin Pond Providence 41°57′50″N 71°35′40″W 18[2]
Thirty Acre Pond Washington 41°29′29″N 71°32′42″W 15[3]
Three Ponds Kent 41°43′19″N 71°26′53″W 21[3]
Tillinghast Pond Kent 41°38′52″N 71°45′21″W 41[3]
Tiogue Lake Kent 41°40′42″N 71°33′02″W 267[2]
Todds Pond Providence 41°57′58″N 71°32′22″W 15[2]
Tongue Pond Providence 41°47′54″N 71°26′35″W 5[3]
Trustom Pond Washington 41°22′19″N 71°35′06″W 181[3]
Tucker Pond Washington 41°25′20″N 71°33′10″W 93[3]
Tunipus Pond Newport 41°29′49″N 71°08′24″W 48[3]
Upper Dam Pond (Breezy Pond) Kent 41°42′21″N 71°33′11″W 15[2]
Wakefield Pond Providence 41°57′47″N 71°47′32″W 71[2]
Wallum Lake Providence 42°00′30″N 71°47′10″W 208[2]
Wanskuck Pond Providence 41°51′27″N 71°26′22″W 12[2]
Warwick Pond Kent 41°43′24″N 71°24′43″W 85[3]
Westconnaug Reservoir Providence 41°45′52″N 71°40′53″W 174[2]
Watchaug pond Washington 41°23′01″N 71°42′35″W 573[9]
Waterman Reservoir Providence 41°52′43″N 71°34′56″W 270[2]
Watson Reservoir (Pachet Brook Pond) Newport 41°32′17″N 71°10′41″W 375[2]
White Pond Washington 41°24′54″N 71°32′44″W 26[3]
Whitford Pond Kent 41°40′06″N 71°43′26″W 38[3]
Wickaboxet Pond Kent 41°37′46″N 71°46′10″W 39[2]
Wincheck Pond Washington 41°31′03″N 71°46′09″W 150[2]
Winnapaug Pond Washington 41°23′01″N 71°42′35″W 476[3]
Woonsocket Reservoir Number One Providence 41°58′31″N 71°29′20″W 10[2]
Woonsocket Reservoir Number Three Providence 41°56′34″N 71°30′07″W 227[2]
Worden Pond Washington 41°26′19″N 71°35′02″W 1,043[4]
Wyoming Lake Washington 41°31′08″N 71°41′55″W 74[2]
Yawgoo Mill Pond Washington 41°31′21″N 71°31′18″W 16[3]
Yawgoo Pond Washington 41°30′40″N 71°34′20″W 143[3]
Yawgoog Pond Washington 41°31′12″N 71°47′03″W 161[3]
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