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Mission Statement

The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (LMPA) is a non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to enhanc­ing, pre­serv­ing, and pro­tect­ing the qual­i­ty of the lake and its water­shed through the pro­mo­tion of respon­si­ble, effec­tive envi­ron­men­tal and edu­ca­tion­al policies.

The mis­sion of the LMPA, to pre­serve and pro­tect the lake envi­ron­ment, can only be met with the involve­ment of peo­ple like you and we great­ly appre­ci­ate your support.

The LMPA Board Mem­bers and its Offi­cers are com­prised of vol­un­teers from around the lake com­mu­ni­ty.  We make every effort to respond to requests, emails, and com­mu­ni­ca­tions as soon as we are able.  Thank you for your under­stand­ing and patience with the Board as we try to keep the Lake Maspenock com­mu­ni­ty and the Towns of Hop­kin­ton, Mil­ford, and Upton informed of impor­tant events and issues hap­pen­ing to the lake.

Lake Maspenock Facts and Figures

  • The sur­face area is 234 acres.
  • In its orig­i­nal form, it was prob­a­bly 30 to 40 acres.
  • The lake is bound­ed by the towns of Hop­kin­ton, Mil­ford, and Upton.
  • The lake is approx­i­mate­ly 2 miles long and 2,000 feet wide at its widest part.
  • At its out­let, the lake drains approx­i­mate­ly 1,813 acres.
  • Lake Maspenock” lit­er­al­ly means, choice fish­ing place or excel­lent fish pond.
  • The lake even­tu­al­ly flows into the Black­stone Riv­er and then into the Atlantic Ocean.
  • It takes approx­i­mate­ly 260 days to ful­ly dis­place the entire vol­ume of water.
  • The lake con­tains approx­i­mate­ly 619,116,900 gal­lons of water.
  • The lake has an aver­age mean depth of 8 feet.
  • The flow rate of water is approx­i­mate­ly 28 feet per second.
  • The lake’s base ele­va­tion is 348 feet. The lake is at the lon­gi­tude of 75.50 and lat­i­tude of 88.60 421055N 0713312 W.
  • Lake Maspenock is a “Great Pond”. The ordi­nances for great ponds were cre­at­ed as far back as 1641. A great pond is a body of water greater than 10 acres and its own­er­ship (more or less) is the state.

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