Lake Wentworth | |
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Location | Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Coordinates | 43°35′50″N 71°9′36″W / 43.59722°N 71.16000°W |
Type | Glacial |
Primary inflows | 9 named brooks |
Primary outflows | Smith River to Crescent Lake |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 3.9 mi (6.3 km) |
Max. width | 2.2 mi (3.5 km) |
Surface area | 3,097 acres (12.53 km2) |
Average depth | 25 feet (7.6 m) |
Max. depth | 80 feet (24 m) at Fullers Deep |
Shore length1 | 20 miles (32 km)[1] |
Surface elevation | 534 ft (163 m) |
Islands | 18 |
Settlements | Wolfeboro |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lake Wentworth is located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Wolfeboro. At 3,097 acres (12.53 km2),[2] it is the seventh-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. Water from Lake Wentworth flows through the short Smith River into Crescent Lake and then over the dam into Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro. The 50-acre (20 ha) Wentworth State Park offers public access to the lake.