Echo Lake (North Conway)

Echo Lake
Echo Lake and Cathedral Ledge in 1914
Location	Carroll County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	44°3′18″N 71°9′39″W / 44.05500°N 71.16083°W / 44.05500; -71.16083Coordinates: 44°3′18″N 71°9′39″W / 44.05500°N 71.16083°W / 44.05500; -71.16083
Primary outflows	Elm Brook
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	0.3 mi (0.5 km)
Max. width	0.1 mi (0.2 km)
Surface area	15.7 acres (6.4 ha)
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)
Max. depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Surface elevation	480 ft (146 m)

Settlements	Town of Conway

Echo Lake is a 15.7-acre (6.4 ha) water body located near North Conway in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.^[1] It is part of Echo Lake State Park, which features a small swimming beach.

The lake lies at the foot of White Horse Ledge and just south of Cathedral Ledge, both of which are noted rock climbing destinations in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The lake is part of the Saco River watershed.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including smallmouth bass and yellow perch.^[2]

References

Saco River watershed
Tributaries	Bearcamp River Beech River Charles River Chocorua River Cold River Cold River (Bearcamp) Cutler River Dan Hole River Deer River Dry River East Branch Saco River East Branch Whiteface River East Fork East Branch Saco River Ellis River Hancock Brook Kezar River Little Cold River Little Ossipee River Little River Little Saco River Lovell River Mad River Middle Branch Mad River Mill Brook New River Old Course Saco River Ossipee River Pequawket Brook Pine River Rocky Branch Sawyer River Shepards River South Branch Mad River South River Swift River Swift River (Bearcamp) Tenmile River West Branch West Branch Tenmile River Whiteface River Wildcat Brook Wonalancet River
Lakes	Lake Arrowhead Balch Pond Barker Pond Broad Bay Chocorua Lake Conway Lake Dan Hole Pond Echo Lake Hancock Pond Kezar Lake Lovewell Pond Moose Pond Ossipee Lake Pine River Pond Province Lake Sand Pond Silver Lake Skelton Dam
Towns	Acton Arundel Baldwin Bartlett Biddeford Bridgton Brownfield Buxton Chocorua Conway Cornish Dayton Denmark Eaton Effingham Freedom Fryeburg Hart's Location Hiram Hollis Limerick Limington Lovell Lyman Madison Newfield Ossipee Parsonsfield Porter Saco Sebago Shapleigh Standish Stoneham Stow Sweden Tamworth Waterboro Waterford
Landmarks	Crawford Notch Maine Central Railroad U.S. Route 302 White Mountains

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