page_title: Lake Winnipesaukee
section_title: Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Winnipesaukee / Islands
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, looking from above Kimball Castle in Gilford north towards the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains. Photo by Ken Gallager, February 15, 2010.
context_page_description: Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately 21 miles long and from 1 to 9 miles wide, covering 69 square miles —71 square miles when Paugus Bay is included—with a maximum depth of 180 feet. The center area of the lake is called The Broads.
  The lake contains at least 264 islands, half of which are less than a quarter-acre in size, and is indented by several peninsulas, yielding a total shoreline of approximately 288 miles. The driving distance around the lake is 63 miles. It is 504 feet above sea level. Winnipesaukee is the third-largest lake in New England after Lake Champlain and Moosehead Lake.
  Outflow is regulated by the Lakeport Dam in Lakeport, New Hampshire, on the Winnipesaukee River.
context_section_description: There are at least 258 natural islands on Lake Winnipesaukee that are at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above lake level and contain vegetation, about 130 of which are over .25 acres (0.10 ha) in size. 26 of these are 25 acres (10 ha) or larger:
  Long Island—1,186 acres (480 ha)
  Bear Island—780 acres (320 ha)
  Cow Island—522 acres (211 ha)
  Governors Island—504 acres (204 ha)
  Rattlesnake Island—368 acres (149 ha)
  Welch Island—187 acres (76 ha)
  Little Bear Island—143 acres (58 ha)
  Stonedam Island—141 acres (57 ha)
  Timber Island—136 acres (55 ha)
  Sleepers Island—113 acres (46 ha)
  Mark Island—102 acres (41 ha)
  Black Island—90 acres (36 ha)
  Barndoor Island—88 acres (36 ha)
  Black Cat Island—75 acres (30 ha)
  Pine Island—74 acres (30 ha)
  Whortleberry Island—69 acres (28 ha)
  Sandy Island—67 acres (27 ha)
  Jolly Island—50 acres (20 ha)
  Three Mile Island—47 acres (19 ha)
  Round Island—43 acres (17 ha)
  Lockes Island—42 acres (17 ha)
  Diamond Island—37 acres (15 ha)
  Dow Island—32 acres (13 ha)
  Big Beaver Island—30 acres (12 ha)
  Camp Island—28 acres (11 ha)
  Mink Island—26 acres (11 ha)
  Birch Island—25 acres (10 ha)
  Six islands are connected to the mainland by bridges (Black Cat, Governors, Long, Oak, Christmas (or Plummers) in Paugus Bay, and Worcester), and another eight (Bear, Birch, Cow, East Bear, Jolly, Loon, Three Mile, and Sandy) are served by the U.S. mail boat M/V Sophie C.
caption: Ice-covered Lake Winnipesaukee, February 2010, looking north toward the Sandwich Range
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