Candlewood Lake

About Candlewood Lake

Candlewood Lake sits at 41.5000, -73.4600. It lies at roughly 429 feet of elevation. It reaches roughly 90 feet at its deepest.

No public gauge reports the water level at Candlewood Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured. For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today.

The shoreline of Candlewood Lake has 1 named swimming spot in the datasets we read. They include Pine Ledge. These come from USGS GNIS. Facilities vary from one access point to the next, so check before you rely on one.

If Candlewood Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Lake Waramaug (Connecticut, 15 mi), Lake Quassapaug (Connecticut, 16 mi) and Bantam Lake (Connecticut, 19 mi). In all, 8 lakes in Connecticut are covered here.

Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here. Most Connecticut day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. No public sensor reports water temperature at Candlewood Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.