Milton Pond

{{Short description|Lake in the United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Milton Pond | other_name = Depot Pond | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Strafford County, New Hampshire;<br>York County, Maine | coords = {{Coord|43|25|17|N|70|58|46|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = Salmon Falls River | outflow = Salmon Falls River | catchment = {{Convert|107|sqmi|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = United States | length = {{Convert|2.0|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|1.0|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|271|acre|km2}} | depth = {{Convert|18|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{Convert|52|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = {{Convert|3629|acre.ft|abbr=on|lk=in}} | residence_time = 11.1 days | shore = {{Convert|7.8|mi|abbr=on}} | elevation = {{Convert|413|ft|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = Milton, New Hampshire;<br>Lebanon, Maine  | pushpin_map = Maine#New Hampshire#USA | pushpin_label = Milton<br>Pond | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Milton Pond in Maine and New Hampshire, USA. | pushpin_map_caption =  | website = | reference = }} '''Milton Pond''', also known as '''Depot Pond''',<ref name=UNHCE>{{Cite web| url=https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource005080_Rep7222.pdf| last1=Craycraft| first1=Robert| last2=Schloss| first2=Jeffrey| title=Milton Three Ponds Water Quality Monitoring: 2014; Summary and Recommendations| publisher=University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension| accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref> is a {{Convert|271|acre|km2|adj=on}}<ref name=NHFG/> 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 Northeast Pond to the northeast, and with Town House Pond to the north. A dam at the outlet of Milton Pond controls the water level for all three lakes, known collectively as "Milton Three Ponds".<ref name=UNHCE/> Below the dam, the Salmon Falls River flows southeast along the Maine-New Hampshire border until it reaches the Piscataqua River.

The lake is classified as a cold- and warmwater fishery, with observed species including rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, horned pout, white perch, and black crappie.<ref name=NHFG>{{Cite web| url=http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/bathymetry/milton_milton.pdf| title=Milton Pond, Milton| publisher=NH Fish & Game| accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|New Hampshire}} *List of lakes in Maine *List of lakes in New Hampshire

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Lakes of York County, Maine Category:Lakes of Strafford County, New Hampshire Category:Lakes of Maine