Northeast Pond is a 645-acre (2.61 km2)[1] water body located along the border between Strafford County, New Hampshire, and York County, Maine, in the northeastern United States. The lake lies in the towns of Milton, New Hampshire, and Lebanon, Maine. It connects with Milton Pond to the south, whose outlet is the Salmon Falls River. Together with Town House Pond, a northwestern arm of Milton Pond, the water bodies form a single lake network known as Milton Three Ponds.
| Northeast Pond | |
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| Location | Strafford County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43°26′54″N 70°57′57″W / 43.44833°N 70.96583°W |
| Primary inflows | Salmon Falls River; Branch River |
| Primary outflows | Salmon Falls River |
| Catchment area | 102 square miles (260 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 2.7 mi (4.3 km) |
| Max. width | 0.9 mi (1.4 km) |
| Surface area | 645 acres (2.61 km2) |
| Average depth | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Max. depth | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Water volume | 6,938 acre⋅ft (8,558,000 m3) |
| Residence time | 23.7 days |
| Shore length1 | 9.6 mi (15.4 km) |
| Surface elevation | 413 ft (126 m) |
| Settlements | Milton, New Hampshire; Lebanon, Maine |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The lake is classified as a cold- and warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, horned pout, white perch, yellow perch, and black crappie, and with rainbow and brown trout found in the deeper areas of the lakes.[1]
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- ^ a b "Northeast Pond, Milton" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
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