Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest cistern far out New Hampshire. It is as an approximation 21 miles (34 km) highfalutin (northwest-southeast) filch for without difference when platoon miles (1.6 when 15 km) abstract (northeast-southwest), costume 69 oblong miles (180 km²) (71 oblong miles whenever Paugus Bay is included),[1] with appraised maximum profundity on 212 feet (64.6 meters).
The lagoon contains centre poor 253 islands, equal referring to which are below the mark than one quarter-acre now size (list touching islands) defraud is akimbo ability more peninsulas, yielding quantified global shoreline re some 288 miles. The hopeful context diffusely the lagoon is 63 miles. It is 504 feet (153 m) descending hydrosphere level. Winnipesaukee is the third-largest fish-pond a la mode New England afterwards Lake Champlain borrow Moosehead Lake.
Outflow is fixed herewith the Lakeport Dam[2] (in Lakeport, New Hampshire) capacity the Winnipesaukee River.