Pearly Lake

Pearly Lake
Tarbell Pond
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Location	Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°46′31″N 72°3′37″W / 42.77528°N 72.06028°W / 42.77528; -72.06028
Primary outflows	Tarbell Brook
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Max. width	0.3 mi (0.48 km)
Surface area	191.5 acres (0.8 km2)
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)
Max. depth	17 ft (5.2 m)
Surface elevation	1,007 feet (307 m)
Settlements	Rindge

Pearly Lake or Pearly Pond^[1] is a 192-acre (0.8 km²) water body in the town of Rindge, Cheshire County, southwestern New Hampshire, United States.^[2] Formerly known as Tarbell Pond,^[3] named for Revolutionary War Minuteman Lieut. Samuel Tarbell (1744-1828) who settled here, the lake is one of the headwaters of Tarbell Brook, a tributary of the Millers River, which flows southwest to the Connecticut River at Millers Falls, Massachusetts.^[4]

The undergraduate campus of Franklin Pierce University is located on the northeast shore of the lake.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, bluegill, horned pout, American eel, and green sunfish.^[5]